A Patient Undergoing Phantom Motor Execution (PME) Treatment (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

A Patient Undergoing Phantom Motor Execution (PME) Treatment

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The patient, missing his right arm, can see himself on screen in augmented reality, with a virtual limb. He can control it through the electrodes attached to his skin, which allows the patient to stimulate and reactivate those dormant areas of the brain.

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Max Ortiz Catalan

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