Cell phone based balance trainer

• Published in: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 10
• Main Authors: Lee, Beom-Chan, Kim, Jeonghee, Chen, Shu, Sienko, Kathleen H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.02.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Actigraphy - instrumentation; Adult; Advantages; Algorithms; American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009-US; balance; Biofeedback, Psychology - instrumentation; Biofeedback, Psychology - methods; Cell Phone; Computer engineering; Design; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Female; Health care access; Humans; Male; Management; Medicine, Physical; mobile phone; Postural Balance; Rehabilitation; sensory augmentation; smart phone; Smart phones; Smartphones; Software; Statistical analysis; Studies; Technological change; Therapists; Touch; Training; Treatment Outcome; Vestibular Diseases - diagnosis; Vestibular Diseases - physiopathology; Vestibular Diseases - rehabilitation; Vibration - therapeutic use; vibrotactile; Young Adult; United States; Ann Arbor Michigan

In their current laboratory-based form, existing vibrotactile sensory augmentation technologies that provide cues of body motion are impractical for home-based rehabilitation use due to their size, weight, complexity, calibration procedures, cost, and fragility. We have designed and developed a cell...