Title :
Shoe-integrated sensor system for wireless gait analysis and real-time feedback
Author :
Morris, Stacy J. ; Paradiso, Joseph A.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Health Sci. & Technol., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We are developing a sensor system for use in clinical gait analysis. This research involves the development of an on-shoe device that can be used for continuous and real-time monitoring of gait. This paper presents the design of an instrumented insole and a removable instrumented shoe attachment. Transmission of the data is in real-time and wireless, providing information about the three-dimensional motion, position, and pressure distribution of the foot. Using pattern recognition and numerical analysis of the calibrated sensor outputs, algorithms will be developed to analyze the data in real-time. Results will be validated by comparison to results from a commercial optical gait analysis system at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biomoti on Lab.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; biomedical transducers; feedback; gait analysis; patient monitoring; pattern recognition; position measurement; pressure measurement; Massachusetts General Hospital Biomoti on Lab; commercial optical gait analysis system; continuous real-time monitoring; data transmission; instrumented insole; real-time feedback; removable instrumented shoe attachment; shoe-integrated sensor system; three-dimensional motion; wireless gait analysis; Feedback; Foot; Footwear; Instruments; Monitoring; Numerical analysis; Pattern recognition; Real time systems; Sensor systems; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053379
