Holter system development for recording plantar pressures: design and instrumentation

Author

Abu-Faraj, Ziad U. ; Harris, Gerald F. ; Wertsch, Jacqueline J. ; Abler, Joseph H. ; Vengsarkar, Abhijit S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Marquette Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

1994

Firstpage

934

Abstract

A Holter type, microprocessor based, portable, in-shoe, plantar pressure data acquisition system has been developed. The system allows continuous recording of plantar pressures during normal daily activity from up to fourteen discrete sensor locations. The system was evaluated during multiple trials with adult male subjects. Results indicated that system performance was sufficiently acceptable for further clinical applications and long term study of daily living activities

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; data acquisition; microcomputer applications; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; Holter system development; adult male subjects; clinical applications; continuous recording; daily living activities; design; foot pressure monitoring; fourteen discrete sensor locations; instrumentation; long term study; microprocessor based portable in-shoe plantar pressure data acquisition system; multiple trials; normal daily activity; plantar pressure recording; Biomedical engineering; Calibration; Data acquisition; Foot; Instruments; Magnetic heads; Microprocessors; Monitoring; Read-write memory; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.415220

Filename

415220