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Lopes, Sérgio I., José M. N. Vieira, Óscar F. F. Lopes, Pedro R. M. Rosa, and Nuno A. S. Dias. "MobiFree: A Set of Electronic Mobility Aids for the Blind." Procedia Computer Science 14 (2012): 10–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2012.10.002.

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Roentgen, Uta R., Gert Jan Gelderblom, Mathijs Soede, and Luc P. de Witte. "Inventory of Electronic Mobility Aids for Persons with Visual Impairments: A Literature Review." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 102, no. 11 (November 2008): 702–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x0810201105.

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This literature review of existing electronic mobility aids for persons who are visually impaired and recent developments in this field identified and classified 146 products, systems, and devices. The 21 that are currently available that can be used without environmental adaptation are described in functional terms.
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Joffee, E. "Role of Electronic Travel Aids: Field Applications of the Russell Pathsounder." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 81, no. 8 (October 1987): 389–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x8708100810.

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The Russell Pathsounder has been used successfully as a secondary travel aid to enable a partially sighted man to retain his job as a floor supervisor in a sheltered workshop, and to enable a neurologically impaired teenager, dependent on a support cane, to develop outdoor orientation and mobility skills. These somewhat unique applications of the Pathsounder indicate that, despite an apparent consensus of disappointment in electronic travel aids, these aids can play a very important part in O&M and in developing a creative approach to the rehabilitation of visually impaired clients with complex needs.
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Penrod, William M., Thomas J. Simmons, Debra K. Bauder, and Donna Brostek Lee. "A Comparison of Selected Secondary Electronic Travel Aids with a Primary Mobility System." International Journal of Orientation & Mobility 2, no. 1 (2009): 27–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/ijom-2009-003.

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Miler-Zdanowska, Kamila. "Wykorzystanie nowych technologii w orientacji przestrzennej osób z niepełnosprawnością wzroku." Interdyscyplinarne Konteksty Pedagogiki Specjalnej, no. 18 (September 9, 2018): 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/ikps.2017.18.04.

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The fast development of electronic and information technologies makes them becoming ever more present in the lives of the blind and visually impaired people. The aim of this article is to present modes of mobility of people with visual impairment, with particular focus on new technologies. The article contains the classification and characteristics of electronic aids used in spatial orientation and mobility for blind people. It also presents the benefits and difficulties of using these types of new technologies. The article presents research projects related to the construction and testing of new technical solutions in Poland.
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Cardillo, Emanuele, and Alina Caddemi. "Insight on Electronic Travel Aids for Visually Impaired People: A Review on the Electromagnetic Technology." Electronics 8, no. 11 (November 4, 2019): 1281. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/electronics8111281.

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This review deals with a comprehensive description of the available electromagnetic travel aids for visually impaired and blind people. This challenging task is considered as an outstanding research area due to the rapid growth in the number of people with visual impairments. For decades, different technologies have been employed for solving the crucial challenge of improving the mobility of visually impaired people, but a suitable solution has not yet been developed. Focusing this contribution on the electromagnetic technology, the state-of-the-art of available solutions is demonstrated. Electronic travel aids based on electromagnetic technology have been identified as an emerging technology due to their high level of achievable performance in terms of accuracy, flexibility, lightness, and cost-effectiveness.
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Roentgen, Uta R., Gert Jan Gelderblom, and Luc P. de Witte. "The Development of an Indoor Mobility Course for the Evaluation of Electronic Mobility Aids for Persons Who Are Visually Impaired." Assistive Technology 24, no. 3 (September 2012): 143–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2012.659954.

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Baba, Tetsuaki. "Design for the visually impaired when traveling outdoors using omnidirectional imagery and image recognition." Impact 2020, no. 7 (November 30, 2020): 34–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2020.7.34.

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Assistive technologies, such as devices to help perform tasks, cognitive aids, mobility aids, physical modifications in the built environment and closed captioning, help to improve or maintain a person's ability to complete day-to-day tasks. For example, assistive technologies can be helpful for people with disabilities or the elderly, enabling them to work around challenges they may encounter. The development of assistive technologies depends on datasets, which are used for training, testing or validation. Furthermore, making such datasets widely available can help advance the field of assistive technologies. One area in which assistive technologies can be useful is in helping people who are visually impaired. For example, electronic mobility aids use ultrasonic waves that reflect off objects in front of people, letting them know what is ahead. At the Division of Industrial Art, Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University, in Japan, Associate Professor Tetsuaki Baba is using a deep learning approach to develop assistive technology for visually impaired people. As a foundation for this work, he and his team have developed a dataset for developers to create deep learning vision-based applications for visually impaired people.
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Baba, Tetsuaki. "Design for the visually impaired when traveling outdoors using omnidirectional imagery and image recognition." Impact 2021, no. 5 (June 7, 2021): 80–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2021.5.80.

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Assistive technologies, such as devices to help perform tasks, cognitive aids, mobility aids, physical modifications in the built environment and closed captioning, help to improve or maintain a person's ability to complete day-to-day tasks. For example, assistive technologies can be helpful for people with disabilities or the elderly, enabling them to work around challenges they may encounter. The development of assistive technologies depends on datasets, which are used for training, testing or validation. Furthermore, making such datasets widely available can help advance the field of assistive technologies. One area in which assistive technologies can be useful is in helping people who are visually impaired. For example, electronic mobility aids use ultrasonic waves that reflect off objects in front of people, letting them know what is ahead. At the Division of Industrial Art, Faculty of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University, in Japan, Associate Professor Tetsuaki Baba is using a deep learning approach to develop assistive technology for visually impaired people. As a foundation for this work, he and his team have developed a dataset for developers to create deep learning vision-based applications for visually impaired people.
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Passini, R., A. Dupré, and C. Langlois. "Spatial Mobility of the Visually Handicapped Active Person: A Descriptive Study." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 80, no. 8 (October 1986): 904–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145482x8608000809.

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Specific aspects of mobility and spatial orientation of the visually handicapped have attracted the attention of researchers for a quarter of a century; generally speaking, their work can be placed in four fields of study. First, interest has been focused on the capacity of blind people to move unaided in various spatial settings and to mentally map an environment. A second preoccupation revealed by the literature has been the spatial information transmitted to the visually handicapped by tactile maps, by adapted sign system and by electronic guidance systems. Other projects have focused on the environment in which visually handicapped move and on the environmental aspects that affect their mobility. Finally, some researchers have investigated how the development of technical aids has facilitated the mobility of blind people.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Electronic mobility aids"

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Se, Shuen Yan Stephen. "Computer vision aids for the partially sighted." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299165.

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Jones, Timothy Paul. "An assessment of a new electronic mobility aid for the visually impaired." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400165.

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Berhane, Rufael. "An electromechanical synchronization of driving simulator and adaptive driving aide for training persons with disabilities." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002350.

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Book chapters on the topic "Electronic mobility aids"

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Dodds, Allan G. "Evaluating Mobility Aids: An Evolving Methodology." In Electronic Spatial Sensing for the Blind, 191–200. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1400-6_13.

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Collins, Carter Compton. "On Mobility Aids for the Blind." In Electronic Spatial Sensing for the Blind, 35–64. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1400-6_4.

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Deering, Michael F. "Computer Vision Requirements in Blind Mobility Aids." In Electronic Spatial Sensing for the Blind, 65–82. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1400-6_5.

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Brabyn, John. "A Review of Mobility Aids and Means of Assessment." In Electronic Spatial Sensing for the Blind, 13–27. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1985. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1400-6_2.

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Sanz, Pablo Revuelta, Belén Ruiz Mezcua, and José M. Sánchez Pena. "ICTs for Orientation and Mobility for Blind People." In Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services, 646–69. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch034.

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Orientation and mobility are two fields of applications of the so-called Assistive Products, in which we can find a high growth in the last ten years. In this group, the so-called Electronic Travel Aids have a capital importance. These applications are focused on helping blind people in the following aspects of their daily lives, among others: avoiding crashing against obstacles, guiding through unknown environments, giving relevant information of the environment, helping blind people “see” by touch devices, electrodes, sounds, etc. Commercial, but also experimental technology has been intensely applied in this field to provide assistive products, which helps in ways that were unexpected some years ago. The authors provide an introduction to this field and a taxonomy of the available assistive products for the orientation and mobility. Finally, they detail advantages and disadvantages of several paradigmatic proposals to provide a global point of view of the state of the art in orientation and mobility technology for this group of users.
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Sanz, Pablo Revuelta, Belén Ruiz Mezcua, and José M. Sánchez Pena. "ICTs for Orientation and Mobility for Blind People." In Wearable Technologies, 1177–203. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5484-4.ch054.

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Orientation and mobility are two fields of applications of the so-called Assistive Products, in which we can find a high growth in the last ten years. In this group, the so-called Electronic Travel Aids have a capital importance. These applications are focused on helping blind people in the following aspects of their daily lives, among others: avoiding crashing against obstacles, guiding through unknown environments, giving relevant information of the environment, helping blind people “see” by touch devices, electrodes, sounds, etc. Commercial, but also experimental technology has been intensely applied in this field to provide assistive products, which helps in ways that were unexpected some years ago. The authors provide an introduction to this field and a taxonomy of the available assistive products for the orientation and mobility. Finally, they detail advantages and disadvantages of several paradigmatic proposals to provide a global point of view of the state of the art in orientation and mobility technology for this group of users.
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Nayak, Smita, and Rajesh Kumar Das. "Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Prosthetic and Orthotic Rehabilitation." In Service Robotics. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93903.

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Technological integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning in the Prosthetic and Orthotic industry and in the field of assistive technology has become boon for the Persons with Disabilities. The concept of neural network has been used by the leading manufacturers of rehabilitation aids for simulating various anatomical and biomechanical functions of the lost parts of the human body. The involvement of human interaction with various agents’ i.e. electronic circuitry, software, robotics, etc. has made a revolutionary impact in the rehabilitation field to develop devices like Bionic leg, mind or thought control prosthesis and exoskeletons. Application of Artificial Intelligence and robotics technology has a huge impact in achieving independent mobility and enhances the quality of life in Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).
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Livramento da Silva, Renato Fonseca, and Alejandro Rafael Garcia Ramirez. "Contribution to Mobility and Orientation Teaching Programs." In Handbook of Research on ICTs for Human-Centered Healthcare and Social Care Services, 670–86. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch035.

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The long cane widely used by blind people in their daily locomotion works as an extension of tactile sense. However, it does not supply the need to read elements located above the waistline, commonly found in urban centers, and which represent physical constraints. Those constraints, such as pay phones, awnings, dumps, and others may cause accidents, transmitting insecurity. This chapter describes the assistive technology project named Electronic Long Cane, which has been developed as a mobility aid for blind or visual impaired people in open urban spaces. The approach includes an ergonomic design along with embedded electronics placed inside the grip of a traditional long cane. The device, through haptics, warns of obstacles above the waistline, avoiding potential collisions, therefore leading to better surrounding perception and safer locomotion. There is a discussion upfront on the efforts towards improvement of the interaction between visually impaired people and the urban environment through experimental methods. The related evaluation was carried out by voluntary blind people along with experts on mobility techniques. A detailed analysis of touch technique, which is the basis for consequent design of white cane, is also presented.
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Morais, Bianca Stephanie Guimarães, Álvaro Sobrinho, Helder Oliveira, Lenardo Chaves e Silva, and Robson Locatelli Macedo. "Design of a Home Automation App to Assist Elderly and Limited Mobility People." In The IoT and the Next Revolutions Automating the World, 66–83. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9246-4.ch005.

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This research focuses on a solution to assist elderly and limited-mobility people. It aims to improve the autonomy, and, consequently, the quality of life of this target audience by automating daily tasks conducted at home, such as turning on the lights and manipulating electronic devices. However, it is important to consider the costs and quality attributes (e.g., usability) related to the design of solutions to automate a specific environment, that may include hardware platforms and physical adaptations. In this context, the authors present in this chapter the software requirements discovery and elicitation of a home automation app considering the real needs of the elderly and limited-mobility people. Additionally, we conduct the requirements specification using the unified modeling language (UML) to improve completeness, along with graphical user interface (GUI) prototypes. Finally, we present a mobile app prototype using the Android and Arduino platforms to illustrate a use scenario of the solution.
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Gonçalves, Jorge, and Inês Vilhena da Cunha. "Boosting Entrepreneurism as a Product of Urban Creativity and Governance." In Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development, 574–99. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9567-2.ch024.

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This chapter aims to describe and reflect on the experience developed in a metropolitan territory that ambitiously wanted to articulate entrepreneurship, creativity and urban governance. In spaces marked by economic and social crisis the requirement to mobilize synergies between local actors is even more pressing. From the municipality's leadership, Almada Idea Laboratory Project sought to involve university professors and students to generate creative ideas as well as business hosting centre for the installation of projects with greater viability and the community in general that had the opportunity to assess and discuss the product of this effort. The council offered its urban space as a living laboratory. Ideas, business opportunities and, above all, the possibility of creating and strengthening links between actors, often distant, proved a very successful experience both in objective results as in the formation of useful social capital to develop new projects.
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Conference papers on the topic "Electronic mobility aids"

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Garrido Silva, Gianina, Juan Manuel Arguello Espinosa, Jessica Gissella Maradey Lázaro, Geidy Alexandra Bayona Velasco, and Angela Dayana Suescun Mejia. "Design and Construction of a Posterior Walker for Older Adults “Moviclinic”." In ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2020-24307.

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Abstract In recent years, the population of older adults (i.e age over 65) will double from 11% to 22% according to statistics from the World Health Organization (i.e WHO). The assistive devices for gait (i.e Assistive Devices and Mobility Aids, ADMA) allow the movement and mobility of people with reduced abilities to walk, providing additional support of the human body to the ground. Some authors have classified these devices as fixed and mobile. Fixed devices are made up of parallel bars or handrails and mobile devices that include walking sticks, crutches, and walkers. Especially, mobile devices allow the gait to be carried out by leaning on the device so that the patient will have greater stability and balance; as well as autonomy on regular terrain. Likewise, these reduce the risk of complications such as falls and immobilizations, which greatly improves the patient’s functionality and in rehabilitation can help to reduce pain in the muscles and joints by redistributing weight. The “Moviclinic” rear walker is made up of a metal frame, equipped with forearm support and a front safety stop, which provides security for the user and his family. The rear wheels allow to direct the element and with the front wheels regulates the speed. Besides, it has an obstacle detection system which is based on the ultrasound principle, generating an audible alarm when detecting them with two priority levels, and the alarm system activated directly by the user. This feature always allows both the user and his family or caregiver to have peace of mind at all the times. Electronic design is also included. This article aims to show the design, construction and validation of a support device for elderly patients with gait disturbances called “Moviclinic” based on the application of the “Design Thinking” methodology, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and a technological surveillance analysis to make a comparison with current walkers and be able to offer a quality, efficient and affordable product. Finally, the test protocols carried out and the results obtained when testing their operation.
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Niharika, Neha, Heena, and Bhavnesh Jaint. "An electronic aid for the mobility of visually impaired." In 2015 Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON). IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/indicon.2015.7443836.

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Armando, Hudson Rodrigues, Marcelo Lopes Pereira Júnior, and Luiz Antônio Ribeiro Júnior. "Temperature effects on polarons mobility in nonfullerene organic heterojunction." In VIII Simpósio de Estrutura Eletrônica e Dinâmica Molecular. Universidade de Brasília, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.21826/viiiseedmol202099.

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In this work, we studied electronic transport in organic solar cells (OSC) with the aid of the open-source program Excimontec, which uses the kMC algorithm and Marcu's theoretical model to model the transfer rate of charge. The aim of the study was to simulate the effect of temperature variation on the rate of mobility of charge carriers in heterojunctions composed of non-fullerene acceptor units BYG-1/SMD and BYG- 2/SMD together with a small molecule donor (SMD) appropriate.
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Audomphon, Apiched, and Anya Apavatjrut. "Smart Glasses for Sign Reading as Mobility Aids for the Blind Using a Light Communication System." In 2020 17th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON). IEEE, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ecti-con49241.2020.9158250.

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Gosain, Divya, Divya Jyoti, Divya Asiwal, Shankar Singh, Sachin Maheshwari, and Sachin Kumar Agarwal. "Design and Development of a Foot Controlled Mobility Device." In ASME 2007 2nd Frontiers in Biomedical Devices Conference. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/biomed2007-38011.

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In the recent years, the focus of ever-progressing scientific and technological advancements is continuously drifting towards the rehabilitation engineering. The development in the field of “mobility aid” has led to research, which has transformed conventional manual attendant-style wheelchairs to electric-powered wheelchairs with improved control through joysticks, sensors and micro-controllers. Consumers with limited mobility (pain in legs, permanent injury etc.) and elderly users, who cannot independently operate a powered wheelchair due to their hands impairment, have to rely upon third-party assistance during transfers to secure their wheelchair. Most ‘Mobility Assistance Equipment’ manufacturers for the orthopaedically handicapped individuals have not been able to adequately address such problems. With mobility being a key factor in all aspects of human life, this project proposes a design to allow hands impaired people, who cannot walk to orient themselves in, and navigate through, complex environments with the help of foot controlled wheel chair. This paper presents design and development of a battery-powered wheelchair that will be operated by foot controls, based upon the need assessments of such consumers. The Electronic System is a basic speed control circuit designed and provides for four motion configurations — reverse, stop, slow, and fast.
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Koehler-McNicholas, Sara R., Lori Danzl, and Lars Oddsson. "The Effect of a Lower-Limb Sensory Prosthesis on Balance and Gait in People With Peripheral Neuropathy." In 2017 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2017-3466.

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Peripheral neuropathy (PN), commonly caused by diabetes mellitus, is a debilitating condition that currently affects approximately 20 million Americans. Chronic symptoms of PN often involve pain and weakness of the lower limbs, with eventual sensation loss on the plantar surfaces of the feet. According to epidemiological studies, reduced foot sole sensation has been linked to decreased standing stability [1] and an increased risk of falling [2]. Consequently, cost-effective interventions are needed to improve balance and mobility in this population. A growing body of research suggests that vibrotactile cues delivered to sensate areas of the lower limb may be an effective way to provide information about foot sole pressure to PN patients who experience poor balance control. Indeed, sensory substitution devices that provide vibrotactile feedback have been shown to aid in balance and improve postural control in various patient populations [3–7]. However, none of these technologies have been based on measurements of foot pressure nor have they been used as a balance prosthesis. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of a new external lower-limb sensory prosthesis, the Walkasins™, on the balance and gait of individuals with PN who experience balance problems [8]. Walkasins™ consist of two parts: a leg unit and a foot pad (Figure 1). The leg unit wraps around the lower leg of the user and contains electronics for reading foot pad pressure signals, a microprocessor, and four vibrating motors that provide gentle tactile sensory cues to the front, back, medial, and lateral surfaces of the user’s leg. These cues reflect real-time foot pressure information at a location above the ankle where skin sensation is still present. The leg unit has a power button, two status LEDs, and a reset button (not shown in Figure 1). Power is supplied by a rechargeable internal battery. The foot pad is a thin consumable sole insert that can be cut to size and fit into a regular shoe. The foot pad connects to the leg unit through a physical cable. In this study, subjects performed gait and balance assessments with and without the Walkasins™ turned on in order to determine its short-term effects.
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