Title
Haptic proprioception in a virtual locomotor task.
Abstract
Normal gait needs both proprioceptive and visual feedback to the nervous system to effectively control the rhythmicity of motor movement. Current preprogrammed exoskeletons provide only visual feedback with no user control over the foot trajectory. We propose an intuitive controller where hand trajectories are mapped to control contralateral foot movement. Our study shows that proprioceptive feedback provided to the users hand in addition to visual feedback result in better control during virtual ambulation than visual feedback alone. Hand trajectories resembled normal foot trajectories when both proprioceptive and visual feedback was present. Our study concludes that haptic feedback is essential for both temporal and spatial aspects of motor control in rhythmic movements.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944400
EMBC
Keywords
DocType
Volume
contralateral foot movement control,virtual ambulation,rhythmic movements,spatial aspects,mechanoception,motor movement rhythmicity,normal foot trajectories,virtual reality,proprioceptive feedback,temporal aspects,neurophysiology,intuitive controller,motor control,haptic feedback,nervous system,hand trajectories,normal gait,virtual locomotor task,visual feedback,orthotics,gait analysis,haptic interfaces,haptic proprioception,preprogrammed exoskeletons
Conference
2014
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1557-170X
0
0.34
References 
Authors
2
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kiran Karunakaran100.34
Kevin Abbruzzese200.68
Hao Xu300.34
Naphtaly Ehrenberg400.68
Richard Foulds56220.60