Clinical Trial: Somatosensation Device Trial
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Amputation
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Testing of the Somatosensation Device (SD) for Device Effectiveness While Enhancing Feedback in Lower Extremities
Brief Summary:
This research is being done to test a new device, called the Somatosensation Device, with people who have either a below knee amputation, or neuropathy (i.e.decreased sensation) in their legs.When people have lost sensation in their feet, it may make walking and balance more difficult.The Somatosensation Device is designed to substitute the loss of feeling in a foot by pressing on nerves on the surface of the leg.It presses on the nerves by using a pneumatic balloon to put pressure on your skin.If people receive…
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