High resolution analysis of ground foot reaction forces.
A new system of hardware and software has been designed for quantitative high resolution analysis of ground foot pressures during stance and gait. In the system, a large photoelastic sheet is used as the transducer and a computerized video system for analysis and display. This system offers a larger active surface at higher resolution and at lower cost than any other system heretofore described. It will be used to predict diabetic plantar ulceration as well as to detect anatomic and motor defects affecting the feet.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
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Black
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Margulies
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D003196:Computer Graphics / Q000379:methods*; D003626:Data Display; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005528:Foot / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D012984:Software; D014159:Transducers