A system and method for improving proprioception in a patient having a
feedback site are disclosed. The method includes affixing to the feedback
site a sensor adapted to provide a sensor signal indicative of a sensed
parameter, providing to the patient a signaler adapted to generate a
manual signal in response to actuation by the patient, providing a
microprocessor programmed to receive the sensor signal and the manual
signal and to generate a system output based on the sensor signal and the
manual signal, causing the patient to actuate the signaler on the basis
of sensation at the feedback site, and causing the microprocessor to
generate a system output based on the sensor signal and the manual
signal.