TY - GEN
T1 - Foot plantar pressure monitoring with CYTOP bragg gratings sensing system
AU - Vilarinho, Débora
AU - Theodosiou, Antreas
AU - Domingues, Maria F.
AU - Antunes, Paulo
AU - Kalli, Kyriacos
AU - André, Paulo
AU - Marques, Carlos A.F.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by FCT/MEC through national funds and when applicable co-funded by FEDER— PT2020 partnership agreement under the project UID/EEA/50008/2013. Carlos Marques and Maria F. Domingues acknowledge the financial support from FCT through the fellowships SFRH/BPD/109458/ 2015 and SFRH/BPD/101372/2014, respectively.
Funding Information:
This work was funded by FCT/MEC through national funds and when applicable co-funded by FEDER—PT2020 partnership agreement under the project UID/EEA/50008/2013. Carlos Marques and Maria F. Domingues acknowledge the financial support from FCT through the fellowships SFRH/BPD/109458/ 2015 and SFRH/BPD/101372/2014, respectively.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper, a polymer optical fiber (POF) sensing solution to monitor the pressure induced in the foot plantar surface is investigated. The paper shows the design and implementation of a platform with an array of 5 polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) placed in key points to monitor the pressure on the foot surface during gait cycles and the body center mass displacements. The results showed a great response compared with solutions using silica optical fibers. A much high sensitivity and repeatability were achieved using the CYTOP fiber as well as proving that the advantages of POF is a viable and useful solution for this type of application for a future implementation of an integrated “in-shoe” CYTOP POFBGs sensor network.
AB - In this paper, a polymer optical fiber (POF) sensing solution to monitor the pressure induced in the foot plantar surface is investigated. The paper shows the design and implementation of a platform with an array of 5 polymer optical fiber Bragg gratings (POFBGs) placed in key points to monitor the pressure on the foot surface during gait cycles and the body center mass displacements. The results showed a great response compared with solutions using silica optical fibers. A much high sensitivity and repeatability were achieved using the CYTOP fiber as well as proving that the advantages of POF is a viable and useful solution for this type of application for a future implementation of an integrated “in-shoe” CYTOP POFBGs sensor network.
KW - Bragg Gratings
KW - CYTOP
KW - Gait Plantar Pressure
KW - Physical Rehabilitation
KW - Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85051705013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5220/0006533700250029
DO - 10.5220/0006533700250029
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051705013
T3 - BIODEVICES 2018 - 11th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Proceedings; Part of 11th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2018
SP - 25
EP - 29
BT - BIODEVICES 2018 - 11th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Proceedings; Part of 11th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2018
A2 - Cliquet, Alberto
A2 - Cliquet, Alberto
A2 - Gamboa, Hugo
A2 - Fred, Ana
A2 - Bermudez i Badia, Sergi
T2 - 11th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, BIODEVICES 2018 - Part of 11th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2018
Y2 - 19 January 2018 through 21 January 2018
ER -