Balance prostheses for postural control.

There is a clear need for a prosthesis that improves postural stability in the balance impaired. Such a device would be used as a temporary aid during recovery from ablative inner-ear surgery and as a permanent prosthesis for those elderly prone to falls. Research using a one-axis device that estima...

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Published in:	IEEE Engineering in medicine and biology magazine 22, 2 (2003).
Main Author:	Wall, C., III
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	MEMS linear accelerometers. MEMS rate gyros. Ablative inner-ear surgery. Balance prostheses. Balance-impaired subjects. Body sway. Body tilt. Elderly. Falls. Motion sensor array. Noninvasive vibrotactile display. One-axis device. Permanent prosthesis. Postural control. Postural stability. Recovery. Six-degree-of-freedom motion information. Standardized tests. Tactile vibrator array. Temporary aid. Three orthogonal directions. Vestibulopathic subjects.