title: [Measuring plantar pressure in conventional shoes with the TEKSCAN sensory system].
abstract: This article describes the assessment of the TEKSCAN pressure monitoring system used in association with normal footwear. After allowing a warm-up period of 5-10 minutes inside the shoe the stability of the sensor output improved as compared with the falsely higher pressures recorded when the warm-up period was not observed. The intra-person coefficient of variation of a single sensor was < 23%, and the intersensor variation was < 31%. However, intrasensor variation was reduced to 15% by appropriate prior preparation. Neither repeated use (< 6 times) of a sensor in a single shoe, nor the use of a single sensor in several different shoes had any effect on sensor function. Active deformation of the sensor resulted in so significant signal.
authors.affiliation: Medizinischen Abteilung für Ernährung und Stoffwechsel, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002138:Calibration; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012775:Shoes; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Plantardruckmessung im Konfektionsschuh mit der TEKSCAN Sensorfolie.