Communications Medicine (Aug 2022)

Agonist-antagonist muscle strain in the residual limb preserves motor control and perception after amputation

  • Hyungeun Song,
  • Erica A. Israel,
  • Samantha Gutierrez-Arango,
  • Ashley C. Teng,
  • Shriya S. Srinivasan,
  • Lisa E. Freed,
  • Hugh M. Herr

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00162-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Song et al. study the relationship between agonist-antagonist muscle strain (AMS) and motor control and perception in lower limb amputees, with some receiving a myoneural interface intervention. The authors report that the degree of AMS within the residual limb is associated with preserved motor control and perception.