Trial reportPloS one2022
Application of vibration to the soles reduces minimum toe clearance variability during walking.
Trial report in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Optimization and Randomized Controlled Evaluation of Plantar White Noise Vibration for Balance Improvement in Young Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Trial
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- The effects of perturbation intensities on backward slip-falls induced by a split-belt treadmill.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Vibro-Tactile Stimulation Sequence and Support Surface Inclination on Gait and Balance Measures.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Early adherence to biofeedback training predicts long-term improvement in stroke patients: A machine learning approach.PloS one · 2025Article
- Effects of the kinematic variable, time delay and data length on test-retest reliability of the maximal Lyapunov exponent of human walking.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- Predicting improvement in biofeedback gait training using short-term spectral features from minimum foot clearance data.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Application of vibration to the soles increases long-range correlations in the stride parameters during walking.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Taping-induced cutaneous stimulation to the ankle tendons reduces minimum toe clearance variability.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Feasibility of mitigating out-toeing gait using compression tights with inward-directing taping lines.PloS one · 2023Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Minimum toe clearance (MTC) is an important indicator of the risk of tripping. Aging and neuromuscular diseases often decrease MTC height and increase its variability, leading to a higher risk of tripping. Previous studies have developed visual feedback-based gait training systems to modify MTC. However, these systems are bulky and expensive, and the effects of the training continue only for a short time. We paid attention to the efficacy of vibration in decreasing the variability of gait parameters, and hypothesized that proper vibration applied to soles can reduce the MTC variability. Using shoes embedded with active vibrating insoles, we assessed the efficacy of both sub- and supra-threshold vibration in affecting MTC distribution. Experiment results with 17 young and healthy adults showed that vibration applied throughout the walking task with constant intensity of 130% of sensory threshold significantly decreased MTC variability, whereas sub-threshold vibration yielded no significant effect. These results demonstrate that a properly designed tactile sensory input which is controlled and delivered by a simple wearable device, the active insole, can reduce the MTC variability during walking.
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