When compared to other cueing, it seems that audio could be a better neurofeedback for reducing the risk of falling over different walking surfaces, which represent important risk factors for persons with gait disorder or lost functional autonomy.

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Abstract-It is known that the physical conditions of an environment might represent an important risk of falling. In this paper, we report an ongoing project toward the creation of intelligent clothes aiming at preventing falls related to such conditions. The package described here is centered on an intelligent shoe. The developed prototype counts two main parts: hardware and software. The material is composed of a set of sensors and actuators, distributed in strategic positions of the shoe, while the software is a soft real-time system running on a Smartphone. Our prototype has been served for the differentiation of physical properties of soils (concrete, broken stone, sand and dust stone).