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Journal article
Novel Soft Haptic Biofeedback-Pilot Study on Postural Balance and Proprioception
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.22(10), 3779
16/05/2022
PMID: 35632192
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Abstract
Sensory feedback is critical in proprioception and balance to orchestrate muscles to perform targeted motion(s). Biofeedback plays a significant role in substituting such sensory data when sensory functions of an individual are reduced or lost such as neurological disorders including stroke causing loss of sensory and motor functions requires compensation of both motor and sensory functions. Biofeedback substitution can be in the form of several means: mechanical, electrical, chemical and/or combination. This study proposes a soft monolithic haptic biofeedback device prototyped and pilot tests were conducted with healthy participants that balance and proprioception of the wearer were improved with applied mechanical stimuli on the lower limb(s). The soft monolithic haptic biofeedback device has been developed and manufactured using fused deposition modelling (FDM) that employs soft and flexible materials with low elastic moduli. Experimental results of the pilot tests show that the soft haptic device can effectively improve the balance of the wearer as much as can provide substitute proprioceptive feedback which are critical elements in robotic rehabilitation.
Details
- Title
- Novel Soft Haptic Biofeedback-Pilot Study on Postural Balance and Proprioception
- Creators
- Mert Aydin - University of WollongongRahim Mutlu - Intelligent Robot & Autonomous Syst Co iR SC, RA Engn, Shellharbour, NSW 2529, AustraliaDilpreet Singh - Queensland University of TechnologyEmre Sariyildiz - University of WollongongRobyn Coman - University of WollongongElizabeth Mayland - Western Sydney UniversityJonathan Shemmell - University of WollongongWinson Lee - Univ Wollongong, Sch Mech Mat Mechatron & Biomed Engn, Appl Mechatron & Biomed Engn Res AMBER, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
- Publication Details
- Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.22(10), 3779
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Number of pages
- 13
- Grant note
- This study was partly supported by the Startup Grant for Wearable Robotics and Global Challenges Program Seed Grant for Smart Limb Rehab from the University of Wollongong, Australia.
- Identifiers
- 991013225623802368
- Copyright
- © 2022 by the authors
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article