A wearable skin stretch haptic feedback device: towards improving balance control in lower limb amputees

• Main Authors: Husman, Muhammad Afif, Maqbool, H. F., Awad, M. I., Abouhossein, Alireza, Dehghani-Sanij, A. A.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2016
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA166 Human engineering
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/70216/7/70216%20A%20wearable%20skin%20stretch%20haptic%20feedback%20device.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70216/; https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7591147
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Haptic feedback to lower limb amputees is essential to maximize the functionality of a prosthetic device by providing information to the user about the interaction with the environment and the position of the prostheses in space. Severed sensory pathway and the absence of connection between the pros...