A New Device for Balance Assessment and Rehabilitation
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چکیده
The balance disorders are usually studied by the body sway and the postural adjustments induced by an unexpected perturbation during upright stance. In the last years different experimental and commercial systems for dynamic posturography were proposed. These systems can realize sudden anteroposterior translation or rotation about the ankle axis. Recently a certain number of studies empathized that postural responses in multiple directions have to be assessed to better understand how balance is maintained during everyday life and how it is affected by diseases. In this paper we present a 2-degree of freedom mobile platform, that can be easily programmed by an user-friendly, mouse-driven, ad hoc realized software. The device is able to perform a wide range of combinations of anteroposterior and mediolateral movements.
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