Vibrotactile stimulation of the upper leg: Effects of location, stimulation method and habituation

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1668-1671

  Wentink, E C ^a   Mulder, A ^a   Rietman, J S ^b   Veltink, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Roesingh Reasearch and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

feedback; lower extremity; trans femoral amputees; vibrotactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; SEQUENTIAL STIMULATION; TRANS-FEMORAL AMPUTEES; VIBROTACTILE;

EXPERIMENTS; FEEDBACK; PROSTHETICS;

WELL STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADULT;

BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862248354     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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