Medical technology - Balancing the unbalanced

被引：37

作者：

Moss, F ^{[1
]}

Milton, JG

机构：

[1] Univ Missouri, Ctr Neurodynam, St Louis, MO 63121 USA

[2] Univ Chicago, Dept Neurol, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2003年 / 425卷 / 6961期

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D O I：

10.1038/425911a

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Elderly but healthy people are often seriously injured in falls. Exploiting the phenomenon of stochastic resonance, biological physicists have designed a shoe with a vibrating insole that helps maintain balance.

引用

页码：911 / 912

页数：2

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