An in-shoe device to measure plantar pressure during daily human activity

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 638-645

  Saito, M ^a   Nakajima, K ^a   Takano, C ^e   Ohta, Y ^a   Sugimoto, C ^b   Ezoe, R ^b   Sasaki, K ^b   Hosaka, H ^b   Ifukube, T ^c   Ino, S ^f   Yamashita, K ^d  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

In shoe device; Natural gait; Plantar pressure; Wireless monitoring

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONDUCTIVE RUBBER; DAILY LIVING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IN-SHOE DEVICE; LEVEL WALKING; MEASUREMENT UNITS; NATURAL GAIT; NOVEL DEVICES; PLANTAR PRESSURES; PRESSURE SENSITIVE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS MONITORING;

PATIENT MONITORING; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOOT PRESSURE; GAIT; HEEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN SHOE DEVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; WALKING SPEED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; PRESSURE; SHOES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955968073     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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