Balance control enhancement using sub-sensory stimulation and visual-auditory biofeedback strategies for amputee subjects

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 342-352

  Lee, Ming Yih ^a   Lin, Chih Feng ^a   Soon, Kok Soon ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balance control; Biofeedback; Sub sensory stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG PROSTHESIS; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SENSORY STIMULATION; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AMPUTATION; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 36749043210     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03093640601058162     Document Type: Article

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