Sensory-motor substitution for improved ambulation

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

A method of sensory-motor substitution which uses intact control of finger movements to determine ambulation patterns and employs biofeedback from the limbs to provide kinesthetic and haptic feedback to the fingers, to regulate the motor control was introduced. The control of human ambulation involves complex coordination of human nervous system planning, muscle activation, central pattern generator, reflexes, semi-ballistic passive activity, proprioception, and force feedback. Successful ambulation could be achieved with alternative sensory information provided by vision or biofeedback which provides auditory clues and/or sensory substitution to the other areas of the body in which sensation functions.

Identifier

84948442403 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference Nebec

e-ISSN

21607001

ISSN

1071121X

First Page

147

Last Page

148

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