An instrumented insole for measurement of foot motion

HELLER, B., HAAKE, S. J. and KIRTLEY, C. (2004). An instrumented insole for measurement of foot motion. In: HUBBARD, M., MEHTA, R. D. and PALLIS, J. M., (eds.) The engineering of sport 5. International sport engineering association, 201-206.

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Abstract

A new insole for kinematic gait measurement is described. It consists of a micro-controller, 512kB of non-volatile memory, a miniature radio-frequency transceiver, a rechargeable power-source and various miniature sensors, particularly rate-gyroscopes and accelerometers. It is completely self-contained, with no extraneous connections or cables. The device may be used outside the laboratory; in which case readings from the sensors are logged to on-board memory and downloaded by radio telemetry to a personal computer (PC) for storage and analysis when the device is within range. The insole can store continuous data over many thousands of steps for field-based studies. Preliminary experiments show that the device can measure foot angles and is able to distinguish between normal, supinated and pronated gait.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Proceedings of the 5th international conference on the engineering of sport
Research Institute, Centre or Group:	Centre for Sports Engineering Research
Related URLs:	Organisation
Depositing User:	Carole Harris
Date Deposited:	03 Aug 2010 14:21
Last Modified:	03 Aug 2010 14:21
URI:	http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2274

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