Providing Time-Discrete Gait Information by Wearable Feedback Apparatus for Lower-Limb Amputees: Usability and Functional Validation

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 250-257

  Crea, Simona ^a   Cipriani, Christian ^a   Donati, Marco ^a   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^a   Vitiello, Nicola ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmenting feedback; lower limb amputees; sensorized foot insole; vibrotactile stimulation; wearable technology

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; GAIT ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FEEDBACK STRATEGIES; FUNCTIONAL VALIDATION; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; LOWER-LIMB AMPUTEES; PLANTAR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS; SENSORIZED-FOOT INSOLE; VIBROTACTILE;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; AMPUTATION STUMP; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DISABLED PERSON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LIMB PROSTHESIS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REHABILITATION; SHOE; STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMPS; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SHOES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 84924854193     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2014.2365548     Document Type: Article

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