Tjenare! I'm also a Swede with a myoelectric hand, cool that you got one! Is it hard getting used to at your age? I've had mine since I was around 7, so I don't really remember the learning stage. Now it just feels natural that some muscles in my arm correspond to opening/closing the hand.
Also, to just clarify about the control of the prosthesis if someone is curious. The electrodes on the skin don't literary connect to the nervous system (although they might). Instead they pick up so called myoelectric signals, potential differences produced by skeletal muscle activity. So the nerves control the muscles as usual, and the muscles in turn produce a signal that's measurable on the skin.
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Tjenare! I'm also a Swede with a myoelectric hand, cool that you got one! Is it hard getting used to at your age? I've had mine since I was around 7, so I don't really remember the learning stage. Now it just feels natural that some muscles in my arm correspond to opening/closing the hand.
Also, to just clarify about the control of the prosthesis if someone is curious. The electrodes on the skin don't literary connect to the nervous system (although they might). Instead they pick up so called myoelectric signals, potential differences produced by skeletal muscle activity. So the nerves control the muscles as usual, and the muscles in turn produce a signal that's measurable on the skin.
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