Research Article
Capacitive Insole Sensor for Hip Surgery Rehabilitation
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2510, author={Timo Salpavaara and Jarmo Verho and Jukka Lekkala}, title={Capacitive Insole Sensor for Hip Surgery Rehabilitation}, proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2008}, month={7}, keywords={capacitive; force sensor matrix; rehabilitation; insole}, doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2510} }- Timo Salpavaara
Jarmo Verho
Jukka Lekkala
Year: 2008
Capacitive Insole Sensor for Hip Surgery Rehabilitation
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2510
Abstract
We are developing a capacitive insole sensor in order to measure the force between foot and an insole. The sensor is intended to guide a hip surgery patient to train the operated leg with a suitable force. In this paper, we propose a flexible, laminated structure for a capacitive force sensor matrix. The preliminary measurements indicate that the sensor could be used as a limit detector to sort out too light and too heavy steps. We have also evaluated our method comparing our sensor signal to the signal measured with a commercial force transducer. Finally, we have made long-term measurements in order to evaluate the stability of the capacitive sensor elements.
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