DocumentCode
3684161
Title
A preliminary study of the relation between back-pain and plantar-pressure evolution during pregnancy
Author
Fernando Martínez-Martí;María Sofía Martínez-García;Miguel A. Carvajal;Alberto J. Palma;Alejandro Molina-Molina;Victor M. Soto Hermoso;Olga Ocón Hernández;Jesús Florido Navío
Author_Institution
CITIC-UGR. ECsens., CITIC-UGR, ECsens, Department of Electronics and Computer Technology, University of Granada, Spain
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1235
Lastpage
1238
Abstract
This work presents the dynamic study of the plantar pressure in a group of 15 pregnant women. An instrumented insoles (ECnsole) developed by the research group were used in order to measure the plantar pressure distribution. A questionnaire that described their perception of the back pain were filled by the participants. This test were repeated in weeks 12, 20 and 32 of pregnancy. From our preliminary results, the centre pressure in the Y-axis in both foot were slightly displaced towards the heel in week test 20 and 32, and it agrees with the onset of back pain in pregnant women.
Keywords
"Pregnancy","Foot","Pain","Pressure measurement","Force sensors","Instruments","Measurement units"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
ISSN
1094-687X
Electronic_ISBN
1558-4615
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318590
Filename
7318590
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