1A2-D05 Tactile Bio-feedback based Locomotion Rehabilitation Assisting System : 10^<th> report: Proposal of Perception-Empathy Wearable Device(Rehabilitation Robotics and Mechatronics (2))

Abstract

This paper proposes a new perception empathy wearable device. Therapist and patient wear the same biofeedback device to share paralyzed-side foot contact of the patient on the back. It allows the therapist to detect abnormal contact state by patient at the early stage, then leading to enable patient to gradually acquire the training way with appropriate body motion. Preliminary testing confirms that the proposed design allows a therapist to attach the perception-empathy wearable device to a hemiparetic patient within 90 sec, which indicates clinical acceptability.