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.

Details

Title
A Wireless Flexible Sensorized Insole for Gait Analysis
Author
Crea, Simona; Donati, Marco; De, Stefano Marco Maria; Oddo, Calogero Maria; Vitiello, Nicola
Pages
1073-1093
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
14248220
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1539402780
Copyright
Copyright MDPI AG 2014