In-shoe foot pressure measurement system utilising piezoelectric film transducers

THE INITIAL aim of this research was to design and develop an in-shoe pressure measurement system for use in a clinical environment, to measure absolute pressure values at discrete predefined anatomical sites to within 10%. A major part of the work was to design and develop the piezoelectric copolymer transducers used in the system (NEVILL, 1991). This work introduces the transducer design and the development of the electronic and data acquisition systems.

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