title: In-shoe biaxial shear force measurement: the Kent shear system.
abstract: The Kent shear system is introduced and preliminary clinical results are presented. A technique utilising copolymer piezoelectric film has allowed the manufacture of biaxial in-shoe transducers capable of simultaneously measuring two orthogonal shear forces. Bipedal measurements are carried out inside everyday footwear over multiple footsteps.
authors.affiliation: Electronic Engineering Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Akhlaghi
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pepper
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D012775:Shoes; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014160:Transducers, Pressure