A portable audio-biofeedback system to improve postural control

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VII, Issue , 2004, Pages 4799-4802

  Dozza, M ^a,b   Chiari, L ^a   Horak, F B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Acoustic feedback; Balance; Dynamometric platform; Postural control; Prosthesis; Wearable sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOFEEDBACK; BIOSENSORS; DATA REDUCTION; GESTURE RECOGNITION; GYROSCOPES; PROSTHETICS;

AUDIO-BIOFEEDBACK (ABF) SYSTEM; BALANCE; DYNAMOMETRIC PLATFORM; POSTURAL CONTROL; WERABALE SENSORS;

AUDIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 11144265780     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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