title: [A new type of plantar-pressure distribution measuring system and its application].
abstract: It has been shown from medical researches that many diseases are major causes of foot morbidity, which are deeply related to the abnormality of the plantar pressure distribution. In this respect, we made a new type of conductive rubber sensor and designed a dynamic contact pressure measuring system of plantar-pressure distribution with 251 testing points successfully. It includes the multipoint conductive rubber sensor, the interface circuit and the computer data collecting and progressing system. The measuring system can give the intuitional and full-scale image results with the full-court, real time testing. Also in this paper are introduced the design of the system, the testing results, and its applications in primary medical studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Guanchang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology