The power of touch: How can social touch impact the trust, body representation and exercise performance of patients in a wearable physiotherapy assistant?
Findings suggest no single optimal feedback modality, but combining haptic and auditory cues enhances usability and motor learning. Participants favor this approach, initially relying on auditory feedback and then switching to haptic feedback in the long-term. Despite not clearly emerging from quantitative statistical analysis, these results support the development of a multisensory feedback strategy. Our interdisciplinary approach demonstrates that multimodal feedback is not only beneficial but necessary for designing adaptive, accessible, and effective rehabilitation technologies.
Authors
- Doris Lachmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4091-6035)
- Jens Krzywinski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2862-9196)
- Alexander C. Disch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8414-4041)
- Stefan Teubner
- Merle Theresa Fairhurst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6540-5891)
- Hagen Malberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4063-6877)
- Xiaofeng Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8349-7010)
- Lisa-Marie Lüneburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4069-3062)
- Wenhan Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3666-9262)
- Philipp Floessel
- W. Beyer
- Nicola Visentin
- Benas Sudzius
- Freya Charlotte Wunderlich
Institutions
- Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (DE)
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.08.026
- Primary Topic
- Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00