myoelectric prothesis

an artificial limb (see prosthesis), such as a myoelectric arm, that can be manipulated by nerve impulses generated by voluntary muscle movements. The nerve impulses are received by an electronic transducer that amplifies and converts them into appropriate movements of the prosthesis through tiny electric motors.

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November 24th 2024

commonality analysis

in multiple regression, a technique by which the known variance in an outcome or response variable is separated out into the parts that can be uniquely attributed to each individual predictor variable and the parts that are common to any two or more variables.