Influence of Augmented Visual Feedback on Balance Control in Unilateral Transfemoral Amputees.

ABSTRACT: Patients with a lower limb amputation rely more on visual feedback to maintain balance than able-bodied individuals. Altering this sensory modality in amputees thus results in a disrupted postural control. However, little is known about how lower limb amputees cope with augmented visual information during balance tasks. In this study, we investigated how unilateral transfemoral amputees incorporate visual feedback of their center of pressure (CoP) position during quiet standing. Ten transfemoral amputees and ten age-matched able-bodied participants were provided with real-time visual feedback of the position of their CoP while standing on a pressure platform. Their task was to keep their CoP within a small circle in the center of a computer screen placed at eye level, which could be achiev

SUBMITTER: Fuchs K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8473899 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature