A microprocessor-based data-acquisition system for monitoring foot pressures

Author

Zhu, Hongsheng ; Maalej, Nabil ; Webster, John G. ; Tompkins, Willis J. ; Bach-y-Rita, Paul ; Wertsch, Jacqueline J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

4-7 Nov. 1988

Firstpage

1599

Abstract

The authors have developed a portable, microprocessor-based data-acquisition system to measure pressures between the foot and shoe of ambulatory subjects. They attached seven pressure sensors to the surface of each insole of a pair of extra-deep shoes. They were located under the center of the heel, the five metatarsal heads, and the big toe of each foot. This system continuously collects raw pressure data for seven min at a 20 Hz sample frequency per channel. The authors then dump the data to an IBM PC for postprocessing and display. The acquisition, postprocessing, and display equipment is described, and some measurement results are reported.<>

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical equipment; computerised monitoring; data acquisition; medical computing; patient monitoring; pressure measurement; 20 Hz; IBM PC; ambulatory subjects; big toe; extra-deep shoes; foot pressure monitoring system; heel; insole; metatarsal heads; microprocessor-based data-acquisition system; pressure sensors;

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.1988.94749

Filename

94749