Integrating tactile feedback technologies into home-based telerehabilitation: opportunities and challenges in light of COVID-19 pandemic

S Handelzalts, G Ballardini, C Avraham… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for advancing the development and
implementation of novel means for home-based telerehabilitation in order to enable remote …

The promise of stochastic resonance in falls prevention

O White, J Babič, C Trenado, L Johannsen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Multisensory integration is essential for maintenance of motor and cognitive abilities, thereby
ensuring normal function and personal autonomy. Balance control is challenged during …

The effects of subthreshold vibratory noise on cortical activity during motor imagery

K Lakshminarayanan, R Shah, Y Yao… - Motor …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Previous studies have demonstrated that both visual and proprioceptive feedback play vital
roles in mental practice of movements. Tactile sensation has been shown to improve with …

Wearable vibrotactile stimulation for upper extremity rehabilitation in chronic stroke: clinical feasibility trial using the VTS Glove

CE Seim, SL Wolf, TE Starner - Journal of NeuroEngineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Objective Evaluate the feasibility and potential impacts on hand function using a wearable
stimulation device (the VTS Glove) which provides mechanical, vibratory input to the affected …

Use of imperceptible wrist vibration to modulate sensorimotor cortical activity

NJ Seo, K Lakshminarayanan, AW Lauer… - Experimental brain …, 2019 - Springer
Peripheral sensory stimulation has been used as a method to stimulate the sensorimotor
cortex, with applications in neurorehabilitation. To improve delivery modality and usability, a …

Remote subthreshold stimulation enhances skin sensitivity in the lower extremity

EB Plater, VS Seto, RM Peters, LR Bent - Frontiers in human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Foot sole skin interfaces with the ground and contributes to successful balance. In situations
with reduced sensitivity in the glabrous foot skin, stochastic resonance (SR) improves skin …

Effect of remote sensory noise on hand function post stroke

NJ Seo, ML Kosmopoulos, LR Enders… - Frontiers in human …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Hand motor impairment persists after stroke. Sensory inputs may facilitate recovery of motor
function. This pilot study tested the effectiveness of tactile sensory noise in improving hand …

Application of vibration to wrist and hand skin affects fingertip tactile sensation

K Lakshminarayanan, AW Lauer… - Physiological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A recent study showed that fingertip pads' tactile sensation can improve by applying
imperceptible white‐noise vibration to the skin at the wrist or dorsum of the hand in stroke …

Development of immersive virtual reality-based hand rehabilitation system using a gesture-controlled rhythm game with vibrotactile feedback: an fnirs pilot study

S Bae, HS Park - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, virtua reality (VR) has been widely utilized with rehabilitation to promote user
engagement, which has been shown to induce brain plasticity. In this study, we developed a …

Supplemental vibrotactile feedback control of stabilization and reaching actions of the arm using limb state and position error encodings

AR Krueger, P Giannoni, V Shah, M Casadio… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Deficits of kinesthesia (limb position and movement sensation) commonly limit
sensorimotor function and its recovery after neuromotor injury. Sensory substitution …