TY - GEN
T1 - A low cost baropodometric system for children's postural and gait analysis
AU - Pineda-Lopez, F.
AU - Guerra, A.
AU - Montes, E.
AU - Benitez, D. S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/7/18
Y1 - 2016/7/18
N2 - Baropodometry is a method of diagnostic that enables the analysis of the biomechanical characteristics of the feet by analyzing graphical records of plantar footprints. Appropriate patient treatment of dysfunctions of the feet at early stages may prevent a series of different kinds of pain and problems associated with feet, knee, hip, and spine or back, which may be causing pain, fatigue, frustration and inability to move properly. Given these considerations, a low cost baropodometric system for assessing dysfunctions of the feet and postural deviations in children has been developed in this work. The system consists of a pair of instrumented shoe insoles, a data acquisition board connected to the templates and a Bluetooth device for sending signals to a computer for processing. The system has been tested with children of both genders, anomalies in patients with gait problems have been highlighted by the system and a medical specialist in pediatric physiotherapy has successfully evaluated the results.
AB - Baropodometry is a method of diagnostic that enables the analysis of the biomechanical characteristics of the feet by analyzing graphical records of plantar footprints. Appropriate patient treatment of dysfunctions of the feet at early stages may prevent a series of different kinds of pain and problems associated with feet, knee, hip, and spine or back, which may be causing pain, fatigue, frustration and inability to move properly. Given these considerations, a low cost baropodometric system for assessing dysfunctions of the feet and postural deviations in children has been developed in this work. The system consists of a pair of instrumented shoe insoles, a data acquisition board connected to the templates and a Bluetooth device for sending signals to a computer for processing. The system has been tested with children of both genders, anomalies in patients with gait problems have been highlighted by the system and a medical specialist in pediatric physiotherapy has successfully evaluated the results.
KW - Baropodometry
KW - instrumented shoes
KW - signal processing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983461689&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ColComCon.2016.7516381
DO - 10.1109/ColComCon.2016.7516381
M3 - Contribución a la conferencia
AN - SCOPUS:84983461689
T3 - 2016 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2016 - Conference Proceedings
BT - 2016 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2016 - Conference Proceedings
A2 - Garcia, Lorena
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2016
Y2 - 27 April 2016 through 29 April 2016
ER -