A pioneering research project at Linz University, Austria
has come to light. Professor Hubert Edgar along with the team has developed the
world’s first high-tech prosthetics legs which can simulate the ‘feeling’, that
one has with the original legs.
He led a live demonstration, showing the effects of the
prosthetics with the help of a
volunteer, Wolfgang Rangger, from Austria in Vienna press conference.The process is pretty complicated. Doctors surgically attach
the ‘simulators’ on the stump . with the device the wearer is capable of
receiving sensations from the prosthetic legs. Because, even though the legs is
not there, the nerve endings sending the electrical signal to the brain is
still present there, only they are not stimulated.
This also, as reported has brought an end to the phantom
pain, which ,mr Rangger was enduring
since he lost his legs. “phantom pain” is the feeling of pain and discomfort
that amputees feel after their organ’s have been removed.
With this device on,
the wearer can feel the elevation on the foot, and even the sand, pebbles on
which they are stepping on. Which is a welcome news.
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