Step-length biofeedback device for walk rehabilitation |
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Authors: | R Montoya Ph Dupui B Pagès P Bessou |
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Institution: | (1) URA CNRS 649, Laboratoire de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, 133, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | A biofeedback gait training system for step length is proposed, adapted to the correction of spatial walking asymmetries by
means of a simple, quick and reliable method for daily clinical use. The system is composed of a walkway and a gait analysis
device (locometer) measuring the main temporal and distance factors of gait. The step length is imposed on the subject by
lighted targets appearing on the walkway, alternately on the right and left side; the subject is asked to place a swinging
foot on the lighted target. Feedback to the subject is supplied by direct visual information (the subject looking at the movement
and the position of the foot with respect to the lighted target) and an acoustic signal delivered in real time when the length
step error is greater than an allowed value. The method is validated on a population of hemiparetic patients who have suffered
from a stroke and who have been reeducated with traditional rehabilitation methods. The patients were divided into two groups;
one group following a gait training with biofeedback (BFB group)_ and one group following a gait training without biofeedback
(reference group). Preliminary results are presented, showing a significant beneficial effect of the biofeedback method in
increasing the step length of paretic limbs and in correcting step-length asymmetry. |
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Keywords: | Biofeedback Biofeed buzzer sound Gait training Hemiparesis and rehabilitation Walking factors |
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