TY - GEN
T1 - In-shoe multisensory data acquisition
AU - Richter, E.
AU - Morley, R.
AU - Pickard, W.
AU - Maluf, K.
AU - Klaesner, J.
AU - Mueller, M.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy are susceptible to unnoticed trauma on the foot that can cause skin breakdown. We have designed an electronic system in a shoe that monitors temperature, pressure, and humidity, storing the data in a battery-powered device for later uploading to a host computer for data analysis. The pressure sensors are located at the heel, and under three metatarsal heads. Temperature sensors are located under three metatarsal heads and two are under the heel with the humidity sensor. Correlations of data from pressure and temperature sensors with known values were high (r>0.93). Although data currently are being collected for descriptive purposes, the design potentially can be used to provide feedback to patients.
AB - Patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy are susceptible to unnoticed trauma on the foot that can cause skin breakdown. We have designed an electronic system in a shoe that monitors temperature, pressure, and humidity, storing the data in a battery-powered device for later uploading to a host computer for data analysis. The pressure sensors are located at the heel, and under three metatarsal heads. Temperature sensors are located under three metatarsal heads and two are under the heel with the humidity sensor. Correlations of data from pressure and temperature sensors with known values were high (r>0.93). Although data currently are being collected for descriptive purposes, the design potentially can be used to provide feedback to patients.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0033340816
SN - 0780356756
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 618
BT - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (1st Joint BMES / EMBS)
Y2 - 13 October 1999 through 16 October 1999
ER -