Modular motor control of the sound limb in gait of people with trans-femoral amputation.
Cristiano De MarchisSimone RanaldiMariano SerraoAlberto RanavoloFrancesco DraicchioFrancesco LacquanitiSilvia ConfortoPublished in: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation (2019)
Synergy-based results highlight how, although the complexity and the spatial organization of motor control schemes are the same found in healthy subjects, substantial differences are present in the synergies' recruitment of people with trans femoral amputation. In particular, the most critical task during the gait cycle is the weight transfer from the sound limb to the prosthetic one. Future studies will integrate these results with the dynamics of movement, aiming to a complete neuro-mechanical characterization of people with trans-femoral amputation's walking strategies that can be used to improve the rehabilitation therapies.