This study evaluates the feasibility of a biofeedback system aimed at reducing overpressures during seated posture. The system consists of (1) a pressure sensors map, (2) a laptop that couples sensors with actuators, (3) a Tongue Display Unit (TDU) consisting of a wireless circuit embedded in a dental retainer with a matrix of electrodes. The principle of this biofeedback system consists in (1) detecting overpressures in people who are seated over long periods of time, (2) estimating a postural change that could reduce these overpressures and (3) communicating this change through directional information transmitted by the TDU. It is hypothesized that overpressures are diminished after biofeedback.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Recording without device equipped
Timc-Imag
La Tronche, France
Ability to reach a target posture
Time frame: 10 seconds
Decrease of the overpressures at the seat/body interface
Time frame: 10 seconds
Decrease of overpressures bigger for higher pressures
Time frame: 10 seconds
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