An Innovative Tank-Top with Biofeedback System for Adolescents with Early Scoliosis

Restore balance in back muscle activity and control spinal deformity

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is the most common 3-dimensional spinal deformity in youths. An innovative tank-top, which features a biofeedback system with multiple sensors, has been invented to provide back muscle and customized posture training for scoliosis patients.

In addition, the tank-top is used with a specially designed mobile app which records the user’s postures in real time and provides instant feedback. With progressive biofeedback training, users gradually learn to maintain upright torso posture by controlling back muscles. The data is also uploaded to cloud storage for tracking and analysis. The tank-top can therefore motivate patients to take an active part in improving their movement coordination and daily posture as well as controlling their spinal deformity.

Special Features and Advantages

Personalized biofeedback training for adolescents with early scoliosis
Body-mapping tank-top with multiple sensors to record optimized posture
Lightweight and wireless inertial measurement units
Mobile app that records posture in real time, provides instant feedback and uploads the records to cloud storage for tracking and analysis

Applications

Posture training and controlling spinal deformity for patients with mild scoliosis
Posture training to general public to improve their movement coordination and daily posture
Sports training for athletes to prevent injuries
Pain relief and posture training for elderly individuals

Awards & Patents

Gold Medal with the Congratulations of Jury – 45th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, Switzerland (Mar 2017)
Special Merit Award – Romanian Association for Nonconventional Technologies, Romania (Mar 2017)

Patent Application No.:

CN105748037A (China), US2016/0220174 A1 (US)

Principal Investigator

Dr Joanne YIP

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An Innovative Tank-Top with Biofeedback System for Adolescents with Early Scoliosis

Restore balance in back muscle activity and control spinal deformity