Title :
Development of wireless insole foot pressure data acquisition device
Author :
Mazumder, Oishee ; Kundu, Ananda Sankar ; Bhaumik, Sudipta
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mechatron. & Robot., Bengal Eng. & Sci. Univ., Kolkata, India
Abstract :
The aim of this paper is to develop a wireless insole foot pressure acquisition device to measure and analyze foot planter pressure during various physical activities. Developed system consists of a pressure insole with four capacitive pressure sensors for each foot. Entire system is developed in house indigenously. Sensors are placed at four foot pressure points and interfaced with microcontroller and wireless acquisition board. Sensors are interfaced with dedicated electronics board made of Capacitance to Digital IC which converts change in capacitance due to foot pressure to an equivalent digital readout. Graphical User Interface is provided for different data curve plot, testing of pressure insole, quantifying force and pressure. A mobile and versatile pressure insole for analysis of foot pressure distribution and magnitude provides useful information to diagnose various foot disorders. Planter pressure measurement during standing, walking and other activity can demonstrate biomechanics of abnormal foot, can analyze diabetic offloading, sports medicine, pre and post treatment evaluation and yield measurement to track distance progression.
Keywords :
biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; capacitance; capacitive sensors; data acquisition; digital integrated circuits; digital readout; equivalent circuits; gait analysis; graphical user interfaces; medical diagnostic computing; medical disorders; microcontrollers; patient treatment; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; sport; wireless sensor networks; biomechanics; capacitive pressure sensors; data curve plot; diabetic offloading; digital IC capacitance; distance progression tracking; electronics board; equivalent digital readout; foot disorder diagnosis; foot planter pressure analysis; foot planter pressure measurement; foot pressure distribution; foot pressure magnitude; graphical user interface; microcontroller; physical activity; post treatment evaluation; pressure insole testing; pretreatment evaluation; sports medicine; standing; walking; wireless acquisition board; wireless insole foot pressure data acquisition device; Capacitance; Educational institutions; Microcontrollers; Sensors; Transceivers; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Capacitive sensor; CtoD; gait analysis; insole measurement; plantar pressure;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Devices and Intelligent Systems (CODIS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kolkata
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4699-3
DOI :
10.1109/CODIS.2012.6422198
