(May 29, 2015) Researchers
are exploring new approaches to designing prosthetic hands capable of providing
"sensory feedback." Advances
toward developing prostheses with a sense of touch are presented in a special
topic article in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the
official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Emerging sensory feedback techniques will provide some
sensation and enable more natural, intuitive use of hand prostheses, according
to the review by ASPS Member Surgeon Paul S. Cederna, MD, of University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, and colleagues. They write, "These breakthroughs pave
the way to the development of a prosthetic limb with the ability to feel."