DocumentCode :
642576
Title :
Can we climb with our eyes? Preliminary report on the effect of conflicting virtual scenery on leveled and inclined gait
Author :
Plotnik, Meir ; Bahat, Y. ; Akiva, Y.A. ; Gimmon, Y. ; Inzelberg, R. ; Kizony, Rachel
Author_Institution :
Center of Adv. Technol. in Rehabilitation, Sheba Med. Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
fYear :
2013
fDate :
26-29 Aug. 2013
Firstpage :
210
Lastpage :
211
Abstract :
We studied the effects of visual scenery modulation related to path inclination on gait performance. So far, seven young healthy adults were tested with an advanced virtual reality (VR) system. While walking on treadmill in a self-paced mode in straight, uphill and downhill inclinations, the subjects were exposed to visual scenery providing visual flow presenting either conflicting or matching visual inclination to the treadmill inclination. When visual scenery changed to uphill or downhill scenery, gait was immediately affected, even when no corresponding treadmill inclination. Further research is required to understand if this effect can be employed to facilitate rehabilitation programs.
Keywords :
gait analysis; medical computing; patient rehabilitation; virtual reality; gait performance; inclined gait; leveled gait; path inclination; rehabilitation programs; treadmill; virtual reality; virtual scenery; visual scenery modulation; Aerospace electronics; Educational institutions; Force; Legged locomotion; Modulation; Roads; Visualization; gait; gait modulation; gait rehabilitation; somatosensory; visual scenery;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICVR.2013.6662112
Filename :
6662112
Link To Document :
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