Development and calibration of a pedal with force and moment sensors.
An instrumented bicycle pedal was built and calibrated. The pedal has good linearity and sensibility, comparable to other instruments in the literature. This study aimed to perform accurate calibration of a tri-axial pedal, including forces applied, deformations, nonlinearities, hysteresis and standard error for each axis. Calibration was based on Hull and Davis method, which is based on the application of known loads on the pedal in order to create a calibration matrix.
Gurgel
Jonas
J
Aerosp. Biomech. Res. Group, Pontifical Catholic Univ. microg.nuba@pucrs.br
Porto
Flávia
F
Russomano
Thais
T
Cambraia
Rodrigo
R
de Azevedo
Dario F G
DF
Glock
Flávio S
FS
Beck
João Carlos Pinheiro
JC
Helegda
Sergio
S
D001642:Bicycling; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002138:Calibration; D004867:Equipment Design; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D019563:Mechanics; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D019415:Torque