A Development of plantar pressure measuring device using pressure sensors -Performance assessment

Abstract

In the elderly people, the sense of balance hebetates and the walking function declines. This causes the walking rhythm to be disturbed and causes a fall, leading to injuries such as fractures. Final goal of this is prediction of a fall by measuring foot pressure during walking. To realize that, a wearable plantar pressure measurement system was developed by using pressure sensors. Then, the developed system was applied three persons to obtain foot pressure data in moving straight and turning. Reliability of the system was verified based on the collected data.