Tri-axial plantar pressure sensor: Design, calibration and characterization

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 2010-2013

  Heywood, E J ^a   Jeutter, D C ^a   Harris, G F ^a,b  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitor; Gait; Instrumentation plantar pressure; Sensor; Shear; Transducer

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; COPPER; HYSTERESIS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN GAGES; WIRE;

GAIT; INSTRUMENTATION PLANTAR PRESSURE; SHEAR; TRI-AXIAL PRESSURE SENSOR;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 11144335362     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (12)

1. F. S. Abuzzahab, G. F. Harris, S. M. Kidder, J. E. Johnson, "A kinetic biomechanical model of the foot and ankle," 1995 IEEE-EMBC and CMBEC Theme 5: Neuromuscular Systems/ Biomechanics, pp. 1271-72.
2. nd Annu. EMBS International Conference, Chicago, IL, 2000.
3. J. P. Pollard, L. P. Le Quesne, "Method of healing diabetic forefoot ulcers," British Medical Journal vol. 286, pp. 436-437, 1983.
4. C. G. Ctercteko, M. Dhanendran, W. C. Hutton, L. P. Le Quesne, "Vertical forces acting on the feet of diabetic patients with neuropathic ulceration," British Journal of Surgery, vol. 68, pp. 608-614, 1981.
5. J. W. Tappin, J. Pollard, E. A. Beckett, "Method of measuring 'shearing' forces on the sole of the foot," Clin. Phys. Physiol. Meas., vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 83-85, 1980.
6. J. P. Pollard, L. P. Le Quesne, J. W. Tappin, "Forces under the foot," J. Biomed Eng., vol. 5, pp. 37-40, Jan. 1983.
7. P. Laing, H. Deogan, D. Cogley, S. Crerand, P. Hammond, L. Klenerman, "The development of the low profile Liverpool shear transducer," Clin. Phys. Physiol. Meas., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 115-124, 1992.
8. M. Lord, R. Hosein, R. B. Williams, "Method for in-shoe shear stress management," J. Biomed. Eng., vol. 14, pp. 181-186, May 1992.
9. F. Akhlaghi, M. G. Pepper, "In-shoe biaxial shear force measurement: the Kent shear system," Med. & Biol. Eng. & Comput., vol. 34, pp. 315-317, 1996.
10. A. M. Lebar, G. F. Harris, J. J. Wertsch, H. Zhu, "An optoelectric plantar "shear" sensing transducer: design, validation, and preliminary subject tests," IEEE Trans. Rehab. Eng., vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 310-319, Dec. 1996.
11. R. Hosein, M. Lord, "A study of in-shoe plantar shear in normals," Clinical Biomechanics, vol. 15, pp. 46-53, 2000.
12. B. L. Davis, J. E. Perry, D. C. Neth, K. C. Waters, "A device for simultaneous measurement of pressure and shear force distribution on the plantar surface of the foot," Journal of Applied Biomechanics, vol. 14, pp. 93-104, 1998.