DocumentCode :
2228957
Title :
Validation of a wireless portable biofeedback system for balance control: Preliminary results
Author :
Rocchi, Laura ; Benocci, Marco ; Farella, Elisabetta ; Benini, Luca ; Chiari, Lorenzo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Comput. Sci. & Syst., Univ. of Bologna, Bologna
fYear :
2008
fDate :
Jan. 30 2008-Feb. 1 2008
Firstpage :
254
Lastpage :
257
Abstract :
The present study describes the results regarding the preliminary validation of a system for rehabilitation of balance control that integrates the most recent technology advances with the latest findings about motor control and rehabilitation-engineering. The biofeedback system is based on a palmtop computer and a body sensor network, with a modular architecture, both hardware and software. Validation was performed on young healthy subjects, simulating impairment to the balance control system at the proprioception level. Promising results were obtained by means of the biofeedback system, both in terms of adequacy and usability of the system, and in terms of improvement of the balance performance.
Keywords :
health care; medical computing; patient rehabilitation; ubiquitous computing; balance control rehabilitation; healthcare; modular architecture; palmtop computer; pervasive solutions; wireless portable biofeedback system; Biological control systems; Body sensor networks; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Hardware; Motor drives; Personal digital assistants;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2008. PervasiveHealth 2008. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tampere
Print_ISBN :
978-963-9799-15-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571083
Filename :
4571083
Link To Document :
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