Haptic gait retraining for knee osteoarthritis treatment

• Published in: 2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium pp. 409 - 416
• Main Authors: Shull, Pete, Lurie, Kristen, Mihye Shin, Besier, Thor, Cutkosky, Mark
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: IEEE 01.03.2010
• Subjects: Arthritis; Costs; Feedback; H.1.2 [Models and Principles]: User/Machine Systems-Human information processing; H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces-Haptic I/O; Haptic interfaces; Knee; Medical services; Motion analysis; Osteoarthritis; Skin; Surgery

In this paper we introduce haptic gait retraining as a new method for treating early stage medial compartment knee osteoarthritis and for reducing risk of the disease in individuals who may be susceptible. The hardware and software for implementation are presented including rotational skin stretch a...