The Use of Vibrotactile Feedback to Restore Texture Recognition Capabilities, and the Effect of Subject Training

• Published in: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 1230 - 1239
• Main Authors: Motamedi, M. Reza, Roberge, Jean-Philippe, Duchaine, Vincent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Biofeedback, Psychology - methods; Feedback, Sensory; Female; Fingers - innervation; Haptic feedback; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Male; mechanoreception; Physical Stimulation - methods; rehabilitation; Reproducibility of Results; Sensation Disorders - physiopathology; Sensation Disorders - rehabilitation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sensory Thresholds; Skin; Tactile sensors; Task Performance and Analysis; texture recognition; Touch; Treatment Outcome; Vibration; Vibrations; vibrotactile stimulation; Young Adult

This paper presents a vibrotactile haptic feedback system for use under dynamic conditions, verifies its functionality, and shows how results may be affected by the amount of training that subjects receive. We hope that by using vibrotactile feedback to distinguish between different textures, upper-...