/ Electromyography Content for 91¿´Æ¬ Davis en /blog/combining-signals-could-make-better-control-prosthetics <p>Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study from the 91¿´Æ¬, Davis. The work, <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0321319">published April 10 in PLOS One</a>, shows that a combination of electromyography and force myography is more accurate at predicting hand movements than either method by itself.</p> April 23, 2025 - 2:17pm Andy Fell /blog/combining-signals-could-make-better-control-prosthetics /blog/making-prosthetics-and-virtual-reality-devices-more-inclusive-and-accessible <p><span><span><span>Prosthetic limbs and hands, as well as gloves and tools for virtual and augmented reality, can be controlled with electrical signals from muscles in the wrist and forearm picked up by electrodes on the skin, or electromyography (EMG). But not every wrist is alike. Some people have more fat under the skin, others are lean and some are hairy. Older people have thinner, less elastic skin, and their muscle signals can also differ from young people in important ways.</span></span></span></p> December 28, 2023 - 11:40am Andy Fell /blog/making-prosthetics-and-virtual-reality-devices-more-inclusive-and-accessible