DocumentCode
3494756
Title
Capacitive sensors for measuring the pressure between the foot and shoe
Author
Kothari, M. ; Webster, J.G. ; Tompkins, W.J. ; Wertsch, J.J. ; Bach-y-Rita, P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
fYear
1988
fDate
4-7 Nov. 1988
Firstpage
805
Abstract
A test was conducted of a Hercules Orthoflex capacitive sensor used to measure pressure distribution under the foot for gait analysis and sensory substitution. Maximal nonlinearity for the sensor is 16%, and maximal hysteresis is 10% over the pressure range 0 to 1.3 MPa. Seven transducers in each shoe determine the distribution of pressure.<>
Keywords
biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; electric sensing devices; pressure transducers; 0 to 1.3 MPa; Hercules Orthoflex capacitive sensor; foot/shoe pressure; gait analysis; maximal hysteresis; pressure distribution; sensor nonlinearity; sensory substitution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0785-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.95056
Filename
95056
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