Information extraction from peripheral nerves

This work is directed toward providing better rehabilitation for people suffering from somatosensory loss and paralysis due to spinal cord injury, head trauma, or stroke. The goal of this project is to demonstrate that information suitable for controlling prosthetic devices, modulating functional electrical stimulation of muscle, and providing a sense of touch and position from areas of the body suffering sensory loss can be extracted, on-line and in real time, from recordings of sensory activity in peripheral nerves.