Micro-sensor for foot pressure measurement

IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wahab, Yufridin ^a   Zayegh, Aladin ^a   Veljanovski, Ronny ^a   Begg, Rezaul K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Biomedical equipment; Gait assessment; Pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL PRESSURES; BIO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; DIABETIC FEET; GAIT ASSESSMENT; HEALTH DIAGNOSIS; HIGH LINEARITIES; INTERFACE PRESSURES; MICRO SENSORS; PLANTAR PRESSURES; PRESSURE RANGES; WIDE SPECTRUMS;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH RISKS; MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE SENSORS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 63249120052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TENCON.2008.4766444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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