Pressure sensors on a prosthetic foot that send electrical pulses to the spinal cord help improve walking stability – and they also reduce phantom limb pain by an average of 70 per cent
14 December 2023
People who have lost a leg sometimes feel pain in the missing limb WOSUNAN/Shutterstock
A spinal cord stimulator combined with a shoe sensor improves balance and walking stability in people who have lost a foot – and unexpectedly, it also dramatically reduces phantom limb pain, a type of pain that seems to come from the missing limb.
Three people – each of whom lost a foot due to an injury or diabetes – tested the device in a small…
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