Foot orthosis strain sensing in hill walking
2007 (English)In: ICORR '07: 2007 IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : June 12-15, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE Press, 2007, p. 700-703Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
An embedded measurement system for foot orthosis during gait is proposed. In this paper strain gauge sensors are mounted on a foot orthosis in order to give information about strain in the sagital plane. The ankle angle of the orthosis is fixed. Strain characteristics are therefore changed when walking on slopes. It is investigated if strain information can be used for detection of inclination and estimation of inclination angle. Also walking speed influence is studied. It is shown that strain sensing only gives significant information about up hill walking. At a known walking speed ground angle can be estimated for up hill walking.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE Press, 2007. p. 700-703
Series
International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics ICORR, ISSN 1945-7898
Keywords [en]
strain sensing, orthosis, embedded measurement system, hill walking, foot orthosis, strain gauge sensors
National Category
Control Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1800DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428502ISI: 000255389600105Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-48349108993Local ID: 2082/2195ISBN: 978-1-4244-1320-1 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-1800DiVA, id: diva2:239018
Conference
10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, June 12-15, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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