Microprocessor-controlled optical stimulating device to improve the gait of patients with Parkinson's disease

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 328-332

  Ferrarin, Maurizio ^a   Brambilla, M ^a,b   Garavello, L ^a,b   Di Candia, A ^a,b   Pedotti, A ^b   Rabuffetti, M ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Gait; Motor rehabilitation; Parkinson's disease; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; DISEASES; FREEZING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

OPTICAL STIMULATING DEVICES; PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD);

GAIT ANALYSIS;

GLASS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; FOOT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MICROPROCESSOR; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSCILLATOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; CUES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 2942734967     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344707     Document Type: Article

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