Development of a VR-based treadmill control interface for gait assessment of patients with Parkinson's disease

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Park, Hyung Soon ^a   Yoon, Jung Won ^a,c   Kim, Jonghyun ^a   Iseki, Kazumi ^b   Hallett, Mark ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BWSTI (body weight supported treadmill interface); freeze of gait; gait assessment; Parkinson's Disease; treadmill control; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

BWSTI (BODY-WEIGHT SUPPORTED TREADMILL INTERFACE); FREEZE OF GAIT; GAIT ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; TREADMILL CONTROL;

CONTROLLERS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISPLAY DEVICES; FOG; GAIT ANALYSIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RATING; ROBOTICS; SPEED; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SPORTING GOODS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 80055058994     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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