Pace-sync shoes: Intuitive walking-pace guidance based on cyclic vibro-tactile stimulation for the foot

Virtual Reality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Watanabe, Junji ^a,b   Ando, Hideyuki ^c  

^a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science   (Japan)

^b NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foot stimulation; Sensory motor synchronization; Vibro tactile stimulation; Walking guidance; Walking pace

Indexed keywords

FOOT STIMULATION; SENSORY-MOTOR SYNCHRONIZATION; VIBRO-TACTILE STIMULATIONS; WALKING GUIDANCE; WALKING PACE;

FEEDBACK; HEALTH CARE; STATE FEEDBACK;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77956268114     PISSN: 13594338     EISSN: 14349957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-009-0137-y     Document Type: Article

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