Bionic Limb Reconstruction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Severe Injuries of the Upper Extremity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. General Considerations on Upper Limb Amputation and Its Levels

      • Clemens Gstoettner, Stefan Salminger, Oskar C. Aszmann

      Pages 3-11

   3. Psychosocial Importance of the Hand and Consequences of Severe Hand Trauma, Amputation and Complete Brachial Plexus Injury

      • Anna Pittermann, Laura A. Hruby, Agnes Sturma, Oskar C. Aszmann

      Pages 13-15

   4. Inner Amputations of the Upper Extremity

      • Laura A. Hruby, Johannes A. Mayer, Oskar C. Aszmann

      Pages 17-23

3. Functional Restoration in Upper Limb Amputees

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25

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   2. Body-Powered Prosthetic Systems

      • Jack Uellendahl

      Pages 27-35

   3. Mechatronic Design of Functional Prosthetic Systems

      • Ivan Vujaklija, Dario Farina

      Pages 37-43

   4. Osseointegrated Amputation Prostheses and Implanted Electrodes

      • Yan Li, Max Ortiz-Catalan, Rickard Brånemark

      Pages 45-55

   5. Outcome Measures

      • Peter J. Kyberd

      Pages 57-74

   6. Biologic Alternatives to Prosthetic Hand Replacement

      • Stefan Salminger, Johannes Mayer, Simo Vilkki, Oskar C. Aszmann

      Pages 75-79

4. Selective Nerve Transfers in Upper Limb Amputees

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Motor Unit Characteristics After Selective Nerve Transfers

      • Konstantin Bergmeister, Martin Aman, Matthias Sporer, Anna Willensdorfer, Silvia Muceli, Ivan Vujaklija et al.

      Pages 83-91

   3. Targeted Muscle Reinnervation in Upper Limb Amputees

      • Stefan Salminger, Agnes Sturma, Johannes A. Mayer, Oskar C. Aszmann

      Pages 93-100

5. Phantom Pain in Limb Amputees

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Epidemiology and Mechanisms of Phantom Limb Pain

      • Agnes Sturma, Laura Hruby, Martin Diers

      Pages 103-111

   3. Treatment Strategies for Phantom Limb Pain

      • Agnes Sturma, Laura Hruby, Ivan Vujaklija, Kristin Østlie, Dario Farina

      Pages 113-124

6. Man–Machine Interfaces in Prosthetics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Control Strategies for Functional Upper Limb Prostheses

      • Janne Hahne, Cosima Prahm, Ivan Vujaklija, Dario Farina

      Pages 127-135

   3. Implantable Myoelectric Sensors for Prosthetic Control

      • Clemens Gstoettner, Stefan Salminger, Konstantin Bergmeister, Anna Willensdorfer, Martin Aman, Oskar C. Aszmann

      Pages 137-146

This book presents the latest techniques in amputation rehabilitation and summarizes the most recent research findings in the field of bionic limb reconstruction. Divided into seven parts written by experts in the field, it provides valuable information on e.g. upper extremity injuries, psychological considerations, prosthetic engineering, and surgical and rehabilitation strategies. Illustrative figures and photos of real-life settings further assist understanding. This book is of interest not only for plastic surgeons, but also for hand surgeons, orthopedic and trauma surgeons as well as therapists, prosthetists and engineers.

• Amputation
• Muscle fiber typing
• Osseointegration
• Phantom Pain
• Transfer matrix

• Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  Oskar C. Aszmann

• Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK

  Dario Farina

Oskar C. Aszmann studied medicine at the University of Vienna, Austria, and received his medical degree in 1994. From 1994 to 1997, he was research fellow at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA. Until 1997, he was also staff scientist at the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Maryland, USA. He was born in Vienna, Austria, and after working at the University Hospital Vienna for six years, he specialized as a plastic surgeon in 2004.  In 2012 Professor Aszmann established a Center for Extremity Reconstruction and Rehabilitation to explore the possibilities and limits of bionic reconstruction, and has since been head of this center, which focuses on recovery and rehabilitation patients with impaired extremity function.

Dario Farina received Ph.D. degrees in automatic control and computer science and in electronics and communications engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes and Politecnico di Torino, respectively, and an Honorary Doctorate degree in Medicine from Aalborg University. He is currently Full Professor and Chair in Neurorehabilitation Engineering at the Department of Bioengineering of Imperial College London. He has previously been Full Professor at Aalborg University and at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August University, where he founded and directed the Department of Neurorehabilitation Systems, acting as the Chair in Neuroinformatics of the Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology Göttingen. His research focuses on neurorehabilitation technology, neural control of movement, and biomedical signal processing.

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