Multisensory Fusion for Assessment and Rehabilitation: Overview Technology

August 17, 2020 by BertecHQ

Human balance relies on feedback from various sensory inputs, including vestibular, somatosensory, visual, and auditory. As we move through a continuously changing environment, our nervous system automatically adjusts its emphasis on (i.e., reweights) multiple sensory inputs based on the salience of each sensory signal.

However, in some populations, either due to a disease/disorder, aging or injury, sensory feedback may be processed incorrectly leading to instability during standing or walking. Using emerging technologies, we can alter sensory feedback and examine an individual’s balance response. These techniques can be useful for assessments and in rehabilitation of gait and posture. Depending on the features of the technology, assessments and interventions can target various underlying physiological mechanisms, such cognitive or physical deficits using sensory and/or mechanical perturbations.

Watch the video: Multisensory Fusion for Assessment and Rehabilitation: Overview Technology, presented at the 44th Annual ASB Meeting below and learn more from Jaswandi, Bertec’s Product Research Engineer. Jaswandi has a PhD from The Ohio State University in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on auditory feedback, biomechanics, clinical rehabilitation and product development.