TY - JOUR
T1 - Evoked Haptic Sensation in the Hand with Concurrent Non-Invasive Nerve Stimulation
AU - Vargas, Luis
AU - Whitehouse, Graham
AU - Huang, He
AU - Zhu, Yong
AU - Hu, Xiaogang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/10
Y1 - 2019/10
N2 - Haptic perception is critical for prosthetic users to control their prosthetic hand intuitively. In this study, we seek to evaluate the haptic perception evoked from concurrent stimulation trains through multiple channels using transcutaneous nerve stimulation. Methods: A 2 × 8 electrode grid was used to deliver current to the median and ulnar nerves in the upper arm. Different electrodes were first selected to activate the sensory axons, which can elicit sensations at different locations of the hand. Charge-balanced bipolar stimulation was then delivered to two sets of electrodes concurrently with a phase delay (dual stimulation) to determine whether the evoked sensation can be constructed from sensations of single stimulation delivered separately at different locations (single stimulation) along the electrode grid. The temporal delay between the two stimulation trains was altered to evaluate potential interference. The short-term stability of the haptic sensation within a testing session was also evaluated. Results: The evoked sensation during dual stimulation was largely a direct summation of the sensation from single stimulations. The delay between the two stimulation locations had minimal effect on the evoked sensations, which was also stable over repeated testing within a session. Conclusion: Our results indicated that the haptic sensations at different regions of the hand can be constructed by combining the response from multiple stimulation trains directly. The interference between stimulations were minimal. Significance: The outcomes will allow us to construct specific haptic sensation patterns when the prosthesis interacts with different objects, which may help improve user embodiment of the prosthesis.
AB - Haptic perception is critical for prosthetic users to control their prosthetic hand intuitively. In this study, we seek to evaluate the haptic perception evoked from concurrent stimulation trains through multiple channels using transcutaneous nerve stimulation. Methods: A 2 × 8 electrode grid was used to deliver current to the median and ulnar nerves in the upper arm. Different electrodes were first selected to activate the sensory axons, which can elicit sensations at different locations of the hand. Charge-balanced bipolar stimulation was then delivered to two sets of electrodes concurrently with a phase delay (dual stimulation) to determine whether the evoked sensation can be constructed from sensations of single stimulation delivered separately at different locations (single stimulation) along the electrode grid. The temporal delay between the two stimulation trains was altered to evaluate potential interference. The short-term stability of the haptic sensation within a testing session was also evaluated. Results: The evoked sensation during dual stimulation was largely a direct summation of the sensation from single stimulations. The delay between the two stimulation locations had minimal effect on the evoked sensations, which was also stable over repeated testing within a session. Conclusion: Our results indicated that the haptic sensations at different regions of the hand can be constructed by combining the response from multiple stimulation trains directly. The interference between stimulations were minimal. Significance: The outcomes will allow us to construct specific haptic sensation patterns when the prosthesis interacts with different objects, which may help improve user embodiment of the prosthesis.
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U2 - 10.1109/TBME.2019.2895575
DO - 10.1109/TBME.2019.2895575
M3 - Article
C2 - 30703003
AN - SCOPUS:85077396250
SN - 0018-9294
VL - 66
SP - 2761
EP - 2767
JO - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
JF - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
IS - 10
M1 - 8627974
ER -