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Wearable multichannel haptic device for encoding proprioception in the upper limb

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Objective. We present the design, implementation, and evaluation of a wearable multichannel haptic system. The device is a wireless closed-loop armband driven by surface electromyography and provides sensory feedback encoding proprioception. The study is motivated by restoring proprioception information in upper limb prostheses. Approach. The armband comprises eight vibrotactile actuators that generate distributed patterns of mechanical waves around the limb to stimulate perception and to transfer proportional information on the arm motion. An experimental study was conducted to assess : the sensory threshold in 8 locations around the fore arm, the user adaptation to the sensation provided by the device, the user performance in discriminating multiple stimulation levels, and the device performance in coding proprioception using four spatial patterns of stimulation. Eight able-bodied individuals performed reaching tasks by controlling a cursor with an EMG interface in a virtual environment. Vibrotactile patterns were tested with and without visual information on the cursor position with the addition of a random rotation of the reference control system to disturb the natural control and proprioception. Results. The sensation threshold depended on the actuator position and increased over time.,The maximum resolution for stimuli discrimination was four. Using this resolution, four patterns of vibrotactile activation with different spatial and magnitude properties were generated to evaluate their performance in enhancing proprioception. The optimal vibration pattern varied among the participants. When the feedback was used in closed-loop control with the EMG interface, the task success rate, completion time, execution efficiency, and average target-cursor distance improved for the optimal stimulation pattern compared to the condition without visual or haptic information on the cursor position. Significance. The results indicate that the vibrotactile device enhanced the participants’ perceptualability, suggesting that the proposed closed-loop system has the potential to code pro-prioception and enhance user performance in the presence of perceptual pertubation.
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hal-02908309 , version 1 (07-09-2020)

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Patrick Sagastegui Alva, Silvia Muceli, Seyed Farokh Atashzar, Lucie William, Dario Farina. Wearable multichannel haptic device for encoding proprioception in the upper limb. Journal of Neural Engineering, 2020, ⟨10.1088/1741-2552/aba6da⟩. ⟨hal-02908309⟩

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