A biotechnical system for improving human motor function: Functional model and technical implementation
In this paper a new biotechnical system for improving human motor function is described. This system is based on using an unstable balance platform equipped with visual or audiofeedback of the support surface inclination and provides a complex approach to improving control of posture in subjects with motor disorders. The system software allows the patient to train their ability to control center of gravity during specific dynamic tasks such as maintaining equilibrium, quick reaction, movement reproduction, and rhythm synchronization. Motor skills acquired by patients during practice on these dynamic tasks will help them to solve different specific motor problems and, as a consequence, achieve better postural control.