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Tri-axial plantar pressure sensor: design, calibration and characterization

Heywood et al., 2004

Document ID
13015663557935818918
Author
Heywood E
Jeutter D
Harris G
Publication year
Publication venue
The 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

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A novel tri-axial plantar pressure sensor has been developed. This sensor simultaneously measures vertical plantar pressure and anterior-posterior and medial-lateral shear plantar pressures utilizing a central post, four parallel plates, and a commercial miniature pressure …
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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00—Measuring force or stress in general
    • G01L1/20—Measuring force or stress in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids; by making use of electro-kinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress
    • G01L1/22—Measuring force or stress in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids; by making use of electro-kinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress using resistance strain gauges
    • G01L1/2206—Special supports with preselected places to mount the resistance strain gauges; Mounting of supports
    • G01L1/2231—Special supports with preselected places to mount the resistance strain gauges; Mounting of supports the supports being disc- or ring-shaped, adapted for measuring a force along a single direction
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    • G01L1/22—Measuring force or stress in general by measuring variations in ohmic resistance of solid materials or of electrically-conductive fluids; by making use of electro-kinetic cells, i.e. liquid-containing cells wherein an electrical potential is produced or varied upon the application of stress using resistance strain gauges
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    • G01G19/44—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing persons
    • G01G19/445—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for weighing persons in a horizontal position
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    • G01L1/14—Measuring force or stress in general by measuring variations in capacitance or inductance of electrical elements, e.g. by measuring variations of frequency of electrical oscillators
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