{"id":123109,"date":"2015-06-08T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=123109"},"modified":"2015-06-08T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T18:11:00","slug":"artificial-leg-allows-patient-to-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/artificial-leg-allows-patient-to-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial leg allows patient to feel"},"content":{"rendered":"
Scientists in Austria have created an artificial leg which allows the amputee to feel lifelike sensations from their foot.<\/p>\n
The recipient, Wolfang Rangger, who lost his right leg in 2007, said: “It feels like I have a foot again. It’s like a second lease of life.”<\/p>\n
Prof Hubert Egger of the University of Linz, said sensors fitted to the sole of the artificial foot, stimulated nerves at the base of the stump.<\/p>\n
He added it was the first time that a leg amputee had been fitted with a sensory-enhanced prosthesis.<\/p>\n
How it works<\/strong><\/p>\n Surgeons first rewired nerve endings in the patient’s stump to place them close to the skin surface.<\/p>\n Six sensors were fitted to the base of the foot, to measure the pressure of heel, toe and foot movement.<\/p>\n