title: Development of an in-shoe pressure-sensitive device for gait analysis.
abstract: In this work, we present the development of an in-shoe device to monitor plantar pressure distribution for gait analysis. The device consists in a matrix of 64 sensitive elements, integrated with in-shoe electronics and battery which provide an high-frequency data acquisition, wireless transmission and an average autonomy of 7 hours in continuous working mode. The device is presented along with its experimental characterization and a preliminary validation on a healthy subject.
authors.affiliation: The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pi, Italy. s.derossi@sssup.it
authors.forename: S M M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: De Rossi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lenzi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vitiello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Persichetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giovacchini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vecchi
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carrozza
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012775:Shoes; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014160:Transducers, Pressure; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*