Balance training using a wearable device to improve reactive postural control (IMAGE)

Tokyo University of Science

Balance training using a wearable device to improve reactive postural control

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(Left) Pneumatic artificial muscles in the wearable device generate small disturbances. By holding a posture against these disturbances, a user can improve their reactive postural control. (Right) Plots showing how the displacement of the center of pressure of the user’s soles in the mediolateral direction (D-COPML) significantly decreased in the group that trained with the device (WBED) compared to the ‘sham’ group. An unexpected perturbation was generated at 0 seconds. 

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Masataka Yamamoto from TUS Japan

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