The design of plantar pressure testing device for lower limb rehabilitation

Author

Xu, Xiulin ; Zou, Renling ; Wang, Hongmei ; Zhao, Hongyao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Med. Instrum. & Food Eng., Univ. of Shanghai for Sci. & Technol., Shanghai, China

Volume

4

fYear

2010

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

1610

Lastpage

1613

Abstract

The aim of this study is to design a plantar pressure testing device based on a multi-functional training bed with the back-support weight reduction function, and the device can be used for the training and assessment of rehabilitation of lower limb. Plantar pressure test is implemented by installing two foot plantar pressure sensors on each pedal board. The sensors are connected through the conditioning circuit, respectively with sensor interface circuits, and transfer the signal to the computer through data acquisition device. Then the host computer process and output related information. The system is accurate and reliable, with important clinical value.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; bone; patient rehabilitation; pressure sensors; user interfaces; acquisition device; back-support weight reduction function; computer process; conditioning circuit; foot plantar pressure sensors; lower limb rehabilitation; multifunctional training bed; pedal board; plantar pressure testing device; sensor interface circuits; Foot; Force measurement; Leg; Pressure measurement; Sensors; Strain; Training; Lower limb function training; Plantar pressure test; Pressure sensor; Rehabilitation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2010 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yantai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6495-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2010.5639291

Filename

5639291