Abstract
This paper introduces the design and development of a novel pressure-sensitive foot insole for real-time monitoring of plantar pressure distribution during walking. The device consists of a flexible insole with 64 pressure-sensitive elements and an integrated electronic board for high-frequency data acquisition, pre-filtering, and wireless transmission to a remote data computing/storing unit. The pressure-sensitive technology is based on an optoelectronic technology developed at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna. The insole is a low-cost and low-power battery-powered device. The design and development of the device is presented along with its experimental characterization and validation with healthy subjects performing a task of walking at different speeds, and benchmarked against an instrumented force platform.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1073-1093 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Sensors (Switzerland) |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)