Vibrotactile feedback of mediolateral trunk tilt or foot pressure increases locomotor performance in healthy older adults--a pilot study

Conrad Wall 3rd; Diane Wrisley; Lars Oddsson

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347396

Vibrotactile feedback of mediolateral trunk tilt or foot pressure increases locomotor performance in healthy older adults--a pilot study

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2012:2012:6145-8. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347396.

Authors

Conrad Wall 3rd¹, Diane Wrisley, Lars Oddsson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, and the Jenks Vestibular Diagnostic Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA. cwall@mit.edu

PMID: 23367331
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347396

Abstract

Sensory substitution devices can provide body orientation and somatosensory information through vibrotactile feedback. This pilot study compares the effects of two vibrotactile feedback devices during a locomotor task using similar groups of elder subjects.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Feedback
Female
Foot
Humans
Locomotion*
Male
Pilot Projects
Pressure*
Psychomotor Performance*
Reference Values

Grants and funding

R01 DC6201/DC/NIDCD NIH HHS/United States