Recovering from catastrophic injuries after a motorcycle accident can require adapting to new ways of living. Fortunately, medical research and new technology might be able to make adapting to changes easier in the near future.

After losing the use of his hand in a motorcycle accident 17 years ago, an Austrian man has been outfitted with a bionic prosthetic. Bionic limbs are artificial replacements that partially restore the functionality of a damaged limb.

Will Motorcycle Accident Survivors Be Able to Benefit From Bionics?

The technology is the result of research from the Medical University of Vienna, which has combined reconstructive surgery with prosthetic limbs. For the procedure to work, doctors amputate the damaged limb and then transplant nerves and muscle tissue into the prosthetic replacement. Attaching nerves into the prosthetic allows it to act like a normal limb.

To restore functionality, patients must undergo rehabilitation therapy before surgery to train the mind and body to use the prosthetic device. By the time the surgery and rehabilitation are complete, patients who underwent the procedure were able to successful control the bionic limbs using their brain.

Newcastle University in England has made similar strides towards replacement limbs, where researchers are attempting to create a hand that can sense pressure and temperature and relay the information back to the brain.

While bionic prosthetics are years away from becoming mainstream, research has made the idea a possibility in the future.

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