Abstract

Plantar pressure provides useful information to assess the feet's condition. These systems have emerged as popular tools in clinical environment. These systems present errors and no compensation information is presented by the manufacturer, leading to uncertainty in the measurements. Ten healthy subjects, 5 females and 5 males, were recruited. Lateral load distribution, antero-posterior load distribution, average pressure, contact area, and force were recorded. The aims of this study were to assess repeatability of the EcoWalk system and identify the range of pressure values observed in the normal foot. The coefficient of repeatability was less than 4% for all parameters considered.

Details

Title
Pilot study: Assessing repeatability of the EcoWalk platform resistive pressure sensors to measure plantar pressure during barefoot standing
Author
Perdomo, Oscar 1 ; Wilches, Carlos 1 ; Vizcaya, Pedro 1 

 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Departament of Electronics, BASPI Research Group – Diabetic Foot, Carrera 7 No. 40 – 62, Bogotá, Colombia 
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Jun 2013
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2577524666
Copyright
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