A Technique for Measuring the Pressure Distribution between Feet and a Floor Surface by Means of Photoelasticity : 2nd Report, An Application of the Foot Pressure Distribution Measuring Method to Analyze the Walking of Normal Children and Those with Down's Syndrome

Abstract

It the first report, we described a new contact pressure measuring method. Using this, it is possible to measure at once both the direction and magnitude of the contact pressure between the feet and the floor surface from a circular isochromatic pattern. We derived the relative equations for determining direction and magnitude on the basis of experimental data to make automatic analyses by computers in the near future. In this study, using this method we attempted to analyze the walking of both normal children and those affected by Down's syndrome.