Ehrsson H, Rosén B, Stockselius A, Ragnö C, Köhler P, Lundborg G: Upper limb amputees can be induced to experience a rubber hand as their own. Brain 131: 2443-3452, 2008

Rosén B, Ehrsson H, Antfolk C, Cipriano C, Sebelius F, Lundborg G: Referral of sensation to an advanced humanoid robotic hand prosthesis. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg, In press

C. Cipriani, F. Zaccone, S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, "On the shared control of an EMG controlled prosthetic hand: analysis of user-prosthesis interaction ," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 170-184, February 2008.

F. Sebelius, M. Axelsson, N. Danielsen, J. Schouenborg and T. Laurell. ”Real-time control of a virtual hand”, Journal Technology and Disability, 2005;17(3):131-141.

F.C.P. Sebelius, B.N. Rosen and G.N. Lundborg. “Refined Myoelectric Control in Below-Elbow Amputees Using Artificial Neural Networks and a Data Glove”, Journal of Hand Surgery (A), 2005;30 (4): 780-789

F. Sebelius, L. Eriksson, H. Holmberg, A. Levinsson, G. Lundborg, N. Danielsen, J. Schouenborg, C. Balkenius, T. Laurell and L. Montelius. “Classification of motor commands using a modified self-organising feature map”, Medical Engineering and Physics, 2005;27(5):403-413

F. Sebelius, L. Eriksson, C. Balkenius and T. Laurell. ”Myoelectric control of a computer animated hand: A new concept based on the combined use of a tree-structured artificial neural network and a data glove”, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology,
2005;30(1):2-10

F. Sebelius. “Myoelectric control for hand prostheses” Ph.D. thesis, Lund Institute of Technology/Lund University 2004; Report 2/04, ISSN 0346-6221

F. Sebelius, L. Eriksson, C. Balkenius, T. Laurell. “Tele-Operation of Multi-Finger Virtual/Robot Hand Using Self-Organizing Tree Structured Network on EMG“, Proceedings of First International ICSC Conference on Neuro-Fuzzy Technologies NF'2002, 16-19 January, Havana, Cuba, 2002.

N. MacCarthy, T. Wood, H. Ameri, D. O’Connell and J. Alderman. A laser release method for producing prototype flexible retinal implant devices. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 132, Issue 1, 8 November 2006, Pages 296-301

N. MacCarthy, T. Wood, H. Ameri, J. Alderman, Fabrication of a microelectrode based retinal stimulating array utilising a novel delamination method, In  Proc.  3rd IEEE EMBSS UK & RI  Postgraduate Conf. in Biomedical Engineering  & Medical Physics, pp 29-30 (2004), Southampton.

H. Ameri, N. MacCarthy, S. Courtade, O. Chevalerais, B. McNamara, T. Wood, A. Morrissey , P. E. Cleary, J. Alderman, In Vivo Electrical Stimulation of the Retina: a comparison between epiretinal and subretinal approaches, The Eye and the Chip - World Congress on Artificial Vision, 24-26 June 2004, Detroit.

T. Wood, C. Healy, J. Schweizer, K. McDermott & J. Alderman , Suitability Of Various Biosensor Materials for Neural Cell Adherence and Growth. Tissue and Cell Engineering Society Annual Conference Cardiff on the 08-10 September 2003

Rosén B, Balkenius C, Lundborg G. Sensory re-education today and tomorrow: A review of evolving concepts. British J Hand Ther 2003, 8:2:48-56.

Rosén B, Lundborg G. A new Model Instrument for Outcome After Nerve Repair. Hand Clin 19; 463-470, 2003.

Lundborg G. Richard Bunge Memorial lecture: Nerve injury and repair – a challenge to the plastic brain. J Periph Nerv Syst. 8:209-226, 2003.  

Rosén B, Lundborg G. Sensory re-education after nerve repair: aspects of timing. Handchir Microchir Plast Chir 35 Jahrgang Februar 2004; 8-12.

Van Westen D, Fransson P, Olsrud J, Rosén B, Lundborg G, Larsson E-M. Fingersomatotopy in area 3b: a fMRI-study. BMC Neuroscience 2004, 5:28.

Björkman A, Rosén B, Lundborg G. Acute improvement of hand sensibility after selective ipsilateral cutaneous forearm anaesthesia. European J Neuroscience, 20: 2733-2736, 2004.

Björkman A, Lundborg G, Rosén B. Enhanced function in nerve-injured hands after contralateral deafferentation. NeuroReport 16(5):517-519, 2005.

Rosén B, Lundborg G. Training with a mirror in rehabilitation of the hand. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 39: 104-108, 2005.

Lundborg G, Björkman A, Hansson T, Nylander L, Nyman T, Rosén B. Artificial sensibility of the hand based on cortical audiotactile interaction: A study using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg, 2005; 370-372.

Rosén B, Björkman A, Lundborg G. Improved sensory relearning after nerve repair induced by selective temporary anaesthesia – a new concept in hand rehabilitation. J Hand Surg 2006; 31B:126-132.

Rosén B, Lundborg G. Enhanced sensory recovery after median nerve repair using cortical audio-tactile interaction. A prospective randomised multicenter study. J Hand Surg 32E: 1: 31-37, 2007.

Lundborg G, Waites A, Björkman A, Rosén B, Larsson EM. Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows cortical activation on sensory stimulation of an osseointegrated thumb prosthesis. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg 2006; 40: 234-239.

Björkman A, Lundborg G, Rosén B, Waites A, Larsson EM. Cortical sensory and motor response in a patient with hand replantation – a one-year fMRI follow-up. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg, 2007; 41: 70-76

On design and development of biomechatronic hands

M. C. Carrozza, G. Cappiello, S. Micera, B.B. Edin, L. Beccai, C. Cipriani, Design of a cybernetic hand for perception and action. Biological Cybernetics, 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00422-006-0124-2

S. Micera, M.C. Carrozza, L. Beccai, F. Vecchi, P. Dario, Hybrid bionic systems for the replacement of hand function, Proc IEEE  2006

Cipriani C, Zaccone F, Stellin G, Beccai L, Cappiello G, Carrozza MC, Dario P (2006) Closed-loop controller for a bio-inspired multi-fingered underactuated prosthesis. In: Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on robotics and automation, pp 2111–2116

S. Roccella, M.C. Carrozza, G Cappiello, J-J Cabibihan, C Laschi, P Dario, H. Takanobu, M. Matsumoto, H.Miwa, K. Itoh, A. Takanishi, Design and Development of Five-Fingered Hands for a Humanoid Emotion Expression Robot, accepted for publication in International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 2006

Stellin G, Cappiello G, Roccella S, Becchi F, Metta G, Carrozza MC, Dario P, Sandini G (2006) Preliminary design of an anthropomorphic dexterous hand for a 2-years-old humanoid: towards cognition. In: Proceedings of the 1st IEEE/RASEMBS international conference on biomedical robotics and biomechatronics, Pisa, Italy, pp 290–295

Dario, P., Carrozza, M.C., Guglielmelli, E., Laschi, C., Menciassi, A., Micera, S., Vecchi, F. Robotics as a future and emerging technology: Biomimetics, cybernetics, and neuro-robotics in European projects (2005) IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 12 (2), pp. 29-45.

Dario, P. The SPRING Hand: Development of a Self-Adaptive Prosthesis for Restoring Natural Grasping (2004) Autonomous Robots, 16 (2), pp. 125-141.

M.C. Carrozza, G. Cappiello, G. Stellin, F. Zaccone, F. Vecchi, S. Micera, P. Dario, "On the Development of a Novel Adaptive Prosthetic Hand with Compliant Joints: Experimental Platform and EMG Control", in Proc. of International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005),

Carrozza, M.C.; Dario, P.; Vecchi, F.; Roccella, S.; Zecca, M.; Sebastiani, F.;The cyberhand: on the design of a cybernetic prosthetic hand intended to be interfaced to the peripheral nervous system, Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on ,Volume: 3 , Oct. 27-31, 2003, Pages:2642 - 2647

On design and development of micro force sensors

Valdastri, P., Roccella, S., Beccai, L., Cattin, E., Menciassi, A., Carrozza, M.C., Dario, P. Characterization of a novel hybrid silicon three-axial force sensor (2005) Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 123-124, pp. 249-257.

Beccai, L., Roccella, S., Arena, A., Valvo, F., Valdastri, P., Menciassi, A., Carrozza, M.C., Dario, P. Design and fabrication of a hybrid silicon three-axial force sensor for biomechanical applications (2005) Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 120 (2), pp. 370-382

P. Valdastri, S. Roccella, L. Beccai, F. Valvo, A. Menciassi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, "Characterization of a Hybrid Silicon Three-Axial Force Sensor", EUROSENSORS 2004, September 13-15, 2004, Rome, Italy

On design and development of Human-Hand Prosthesis Interfaces

Micera, S.; Carpaneto, J.; Umilta, M.A.; Rochat, M.; Escola, L.; Gallese, V.; Carrozza, M.C.; Krueger, J.; Rizzolatti, G.; Dario, Preliminary analysis of multi-channel recordings for the development of a high-level Cortical Neural Prosthesis, Neural Engineering, 2005. Conference Proceedings. 2nd International IEEE EMBS Conference on March 16-19, 2005 Page(s):136 – 139

P.N. Sergi, M.C. Carrozza, P. Dario, S.Micera, Biomechanical characterization of the piercing of the peripheral nervous tissue, IEEE Transaction Biomedical Engineering, 2006, Vol. 53, N.11, Nov 2006, pp. 2373-2386.

Navarro, X., Krueger, T.B., Lago, N., Micera, S., Stieglitz, T., Dario, P.

M.C. Carrozza, F. Zaccone, S. Micera, G. Cappiello, G. Stellin, F. Vecchi, P. Dario, "An adaptive prosthetic hand with compliant joints and EMG-based control", in Proc. of MEC'05 Integrating Prosthetics and Medicine, August 17-19, 2005, pp. 62-68.

A critical review of interfaces with the peripheral nervous system for the control of neuroprostheses and hybrid bionic systems (2005) Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System, 10 (3), pp. 229-258.

Zecca, M., Micera, S., Carrozza, M.C., Dario, P. Control of multifunctional prosthetic hands by processing the electromyographic signal (2002) Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 30 (4-6), pp. 459-485.

M. C. Carrozza, A. Persichetti, C. Laschi, F. Vecchi, R. Lazzarini, P. Vacalebri. P. Dario, A Wearable Biomechatronic Interface for Controlling Robots with Voluntary Foot Movements, accepted for publication in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, (in press)

Neural recordings/stimulation with implanted systems

Johnson KO, Popović DB, Riso RR, Koris M, Van Doren C, Kantor C. Perspectives on the role of afferent signals in control of motor neuroprostheses, Med Eng Phys, 17:481-496, 1995.

Saxena S, Nikolić S, Popović DB. An EMG-controlled grasping system for tetraplegics, J Rehabil Res & Develop, 32:17-24, 1995.
Nikolić Z, Popović DB, Stein RB, Kenwell Z. Instrumentation for ENG and EMG recordings in FES systems, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, BME-41:703-706, 1994.

Popović DB, Stein RB, Jovanovic K, Dai R, Kostov A, Armstrong WW. Sensory nerve recording for closed-loop control to restore motor functions, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, BME-40:1024-1031, 1993.

Popović DB, Gordon T, Rafuse V, Prochazka A. Properties of implanted electrodes for functional electrical stimulation, Ann Biomed Eng, 19:303-316, 1991.

General references on control

Popović DB, Sinkjær T, Control of Movement for the Physically Disabled. SMI, Aalborg, 489 pages, March 2003 (II edition).

Popović, DB. (Ed.) Advances in External Control of Human Extremities I-X, CD, Aalborg University, 2002.

Popović, D.B., Externally Powered and Controlled Orthoses and Prostheses, In: J. Bronzino (Ed.) The Biomedical Engineering Fundamentals, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 2006, Chapter 70:1 – 19, ISBN/ISSN: 0-8493-2121-2, www.crcpress.com

Popović DB, Popović MB, Sinkjær T, Stefanović A, Schwirtlich L. Therapy of Paretic Arm in Hemiplegic Subjects Augmented with a Neural Prosthesis: A Cross-over study, Can J Physio Pharmacol, 82(8/9):749-756, 2004.

Popović MB, Popović DB, Schwirtlich L, Sinkjær T. Clinical Evaluation of Functional Electrical Therapy (FET) in chronic hemiplegic subjects. Neuromod 7(2):133-140, 2004.

Popović MB, Popović DB, Sinkjær T, Stefanović A, Schwirtlich L. Clinical Evaluation of Functional Electrical Therapy in Acute Hemiplegic Subjects, J Rehab Res Develop, 40(5):443-454, 2003.

Popović MB, Popović DB, Cloning Biological Synergies Improved Control of Elbow Neuroprostheses, IEEE EMB Magazine, 20(1):74-81, 2001.

Popović DB, Popović MB. Tuning of a Nonanalytic Hierarchical Control System for Reaching with FES, IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, BME-45: 203-212, 1998.

Conference presentations

 

Public lectures

Guest lecture: Zhejiang University Workshop on Neural Interfaces, HangZhou, PR China, April, 25 2009 "Neuroprosthetics and
artificial hands: ongoing research and expected results"
Christian Cipriani.

Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Zurich  Univeristy, November 11, 2008. Seminar: Shared Control between the  user and the artificial hand.
M. Chiara Carrozza.

Media Disseminations

SmartHand project will be reviewed shortly in Vårdfacket, a professional magasin for nurses and people working in health Care

SmartHand project reviewed in Fysioterapi, a professesional magasin for fysioterapists, no 2, p8 ,2009

SmartHand project mentioned in Forskning och Framsteg, no 2 mars 2009 p 4: "Hjärnan luras i nytt projekt"

SmartHand project mentioned in New Scientist, 24 jan 2009 in article by  Peter Aldhaus: Brain trick makes robot hand feel real

SmartHand project reviewed in Dagens Medicin no 45, p 31, nov 5 2008:
"Tankestyrd protes ger känslan av en riktig hand"

Rai Tre (National Program, Italy) - December 2008, "Elisir" (Related to ARTS
artificial hand controlled by "brain computer interfaces").