Plantar pressure cartography reconstruction from 3 sensors

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014:2014:578-81. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6943657.

Abstract

Foot problem diagnosis is often made by using pressure mapping systems, unfortunately located and used in the laboratories. In the context of e-health and telemedicine for home monitoring of patients having foot problems, our focus is to present an acceptable system for daily use. We developed an ambulatory instrumented insole using 3 pressures sensors to visualize plantar pressure cartographies. We show that a standard insole with fixed sensor position could be used for different foot sizes. The results show an average error measured at each pixel of 0.01 daN, with a standard deviation of 0.005 daN.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Foot / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Pressure*
  • Shoes