@inproceedings{c0946f248bff4c459701c4b2745c5b21,
title = "Haptic proprioception in a virtual locomotor task",
abstract = "Normal gait needs both proprioceptive and visual feedback to the nervous system to effectively control the rhythmicity of motor movement. Current preprogrammed exoskeletons provide only visual feedback with no user control over the foot trajectory. We propose an intuitive controller where hand trajectories are mapped to control contralateral foot movement. Our study shows that proprioceptive feedback provided to the users hand in addition to visual feedback result in better control during virtual ambulation than visual feedback alone. Hand trajectories resembled normal foot trajectories when both proprioceptive and visual feedback was present. Our study concludes that haptic feedback is essential for both temporal and spatial aspects of motor control in rhythmic movements.",
author = "Kiran Karunakaran and Kevin Abbruzzese and Hao Xu and Naphtaly Ehrenberg and Richard Foulds",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 IEEE.; 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014 ; Conference date: 26-08-2014 Through 30-08-2014",
year = "2014",
month = nov,
day = "2",
doi = "10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944400",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "3594--3597",
booktitle = "2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2014",
address = "United States",
}