A Wearable Haptic Feedback System for Assisting Lower-Limb Amputees in Multiple Locomotion Tasks
| Autor: | Elena Martini, Nicola Vitiello, Calogero Maria Oddo, Filippo Dell’Agnello, Domitilla Taxis, Giacomo Spigler, Ilaria Cesini, Alberto Mazzoni, Sahana Prasanna, Simona Crea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Lower limb prosthesis Computer science 0206 medical engineering Wearable computer 02 engineering and technology 020601 biomedical engineering Lower limb 03 medical and health sciences Gait phase 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Stairs medicine Benchmark (computing) human activities Protocol (object-oriented programming) 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Haptic technology |
| Zdroj: | Biosystems & Biorobotics ISBN: 9783030018863 Biosystems & Biorobotics Biosystems & Biorobotics-Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends-Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2018, October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy |
| ISSN: | 2195-3562 2195-3570 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_23 |
| Popis: | Lower limb prosthesis performance determines the quality of life of amputee patients. Such performance will benefit from a feedback informing the patient about the gait phase and the overall condition of the foot. This study reports the design and validation of a wearable haptic feedback system conceived to assist lower-limb amputees in various locomotion scenarios. Three vibrating motors were attached to a belt in textile to provide information about the foot-ground contact, by remapping the variables detected under the foot, on the waist of the user. Multiple activation patterns were implemented and compared in a pilot study involving one able-bodied subject, during walking, ascending and descending stairs. A novel assessment protocol was proposed to benchmark the different stimulation patterns. The protocol resulted to be a viable method for quicker development and testing of new strategies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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