Insole of Footwear Instrumented to Evaluate the Parameters Related to Gait and Weight Using a Digital or Mobile Technology

摘要

The human gait is a set of locomotive movements that the human being has refined over time and that allow stable displacement and other vital postures for survival. Current technologies focus on the evaluation of biological signs so that subjects can control their health status. In the present study we propose an intelligent template that senses the plantar pressures, processes and sends the data to a computer or smartphone. The proposed system was tested in 10 healthy women and the maximum and minimum plantar pressures of two specific anatomical points were measured during walking. In addition, the user can know some biological parameters related to gait and weight, such as number of steps, body mass index, calories burned per minute during a normal gait. The proposed system seeks to be a support tool for common people and patients receiving therapies to recover their normal locomotion.