A wireless lingual feedback device to reduce overpressures in seated posture: A feasibility study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Chenu, Olivier ^a,b   Vuillerme, Nicolas ^a   Demongeot, Jacques ^a   Payan, Yohan ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b IDS SA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERBARISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SITTING; TECHNICAL AID; TONGUE DISPLAY UNIT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CALIBRATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER; PRESSURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE; TOUCH;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CALIBRATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PRESSURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE; TOUCH;

EID: 70449560473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007550     Document Type: Article

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