Open AccessTime-Discrete Vibrotactile Feedback Contributes to Improved Gait Symmetry in Patients With Lower Limb Amputations: Case Series
Author(s) -
Simona Crea,
Bei B. Edin,
Kristel Knaepen,
Romain Meeusen,
Nicola Vitiello
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1538-6724
pISSN - 0031-9023
DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20150441
Subject(s) - gait , physical medicine and rehabilitation , treadmill , cognition , sensory system , physical therapy , session (web analytics) , psychology , task (project management) , medicine , computer science , cognitive psychology , management , neuroscience , world wide web , economics
Reduced sensory feedback from lower-leg prostheses results in harmful gait patterns and entails a significant cognitive burden because users have to visually monitor their locomotion
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