Abstract
This paper proposes a new biofeedback system that enables hemiparetic patients to notify the possible room to weight to the paralyzed-side body and reduce any unexpected muscle tense caused by the anxiety against toppling. To let patients to overcome fight-or-flight response when walking produced by paralysis, we designed a rehabilitation training protocol using a biofeedback device, PALTY that steadily gives a small increased target between each session referring to exposure therapy which is a cognitive behavioral therapy technique for reducing fear and anxiety responses, then enabling them to getting to weight to the paralyzed-side body. Evaluation experiments indicating a hemiparetic patient got to make the increased duration time to weight to the paralyzed-side body due to the BF supportive information confirm the effectiveness of the proposed system and protocols.
