Balance board rehabilitation device for ankle proprioception assessment

Author

Volpe, Shawn ; Demers, Dana ; Simpanen, Erik ; Chabot, Eugene ; Simpson, Craig

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Comput. & Biomed. Eng, Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

17-19 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A three-dimensional accelerometer was incorporated into a balance board to report real-time ankle attitudes during ankle sprain rehabilitative treatment. The design consisted of an embedded sensory module wirelessly linked to an Android mobile device with a graphic user interface to assess proprioceptive improvements. Preliminary results demonstrated an ability to report ankle attitude at a rate of 6 Hz, thereby providing a useful real-time feedback during the rehabilitation.

Keywords

accelerometers; biological tissues; biomedical telemetry; feedback; graphical user interfaces; injuries; intelligent sensors; mechanoception; patient rehabilitation; real-time systems; smart phones; telemedicine; wireless sensor networks; Android mobile device; ankle proprioception assessment; ankle sprain rehabilitative treatment; balance board rehabilitation device; design; embedded sensory module; frequency 6 Hz; graphic user interface; proprioceptive improvement assessment; real-time ankle attitude report; real-time feedback; three-dimensional accelerometer incorporation; wireless link; Accuracy; Algorithm design and analysis; Androids; Humanoid robots; Magnetic fields; Sensors; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC), 2015 41st Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Troy, NY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-8358-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBEC.2015.7117231

Filename

7117231