Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference (한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집)

  • 2005.10a
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  • Pages.539-542
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  • 2005
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  • 2005-8446(pISSN)
Korean Society for Precision Engineering (한국정밀공학회)
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A Study on the Effect of Vibration Input toward the Sense of Equilibrium

진동이 평형감각에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Jeong S.H. (Dept. of Biomedical Eng., CBNU) ;
  • Piao Y.J. (Dept. of Biomedical Eng., CBNU) ;
  • Lee S.M. (Division, of Bionics and Bioinformatics Eng., CBNU) ;
  • Kwon T.K. (Division, of Bionics and Bioinformatics Eng., CBNU) ;
  • Hong C.U. (Division, of Bionics and Bioinformatics Eng., CBNU) ;
  • Kim N.G. (Division, of Bionics and Bioinformatics Eng., CBNU)
  • 정성환 (전북대학교 의용생체공학과) ;
  • 박용군 (전북대학교 의용생체공학과) ;
  • 이상민 (전북대학교 생체정보공학부) ;
  • 권대규 (전북대학교 생체정보공학부) ;
  • 홍철운 (전북대학교 생체정보공학부) ;
  • 김남균 (전북대학교 생체정보공학부)
  • Published : 2005.10.01
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Abstract

In this study, we investigated the influence of vibrational stimulation on postural control. To study the effect, the sway of the center of pressure was observed fur two different visual conditions and for three different patterns of vibrational stimulation on plantar area. The two visual conditions were normal condition with visual feedback and blind condition with both eyes closed. The three vibrational stimulations were white noise, constant vibration, and vibration with amplitude modulations (sine curve modulation). The experimental results showed that the sway of the center of pressure distinctively reduced with white noise vibrational stimulation. This result showed that it's possible to use vibrational stimulation for improving the ability of postural control.

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