Transducers for foot pressure measurement: survey of recent developments
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1Department of Applied Computing and Electronics, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, UK.
Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
Recent advances in the development of transducers for the measurement of vertical and shear forces acting on the plantar surface of the foot are reviewed. Barefoot and in-shoe discrete and matrix transducers are reviewed in terms of structure, operation, performance and limitations. Examples of capacitive, piezo-electric, optical, conductive and resistive types of transducer are presented. Where available, the current clinical status is specified.