A piezoelectric method of measuring the vertical contact stress beneath the human foot

Hennig, E. M.; Cavanagh, P. R.; Albert, H. T.; Macmillan, N. H.

Affiliations

¹Biomechanics Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

²Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Abstract and keywords

A new piezoelectric device has been developed for measuring the vertical contact stresses generated between the plantar surface of the foot and the insole of a shoe during walking and running. This paper describes the device and its associated data processing and display system and presents an example of the sort of detailed information that can be obtained from it.

Keywords: Feet; piezoelectric transducers; graphic displays; locomotion; shoe-foot interface

Links

DOI: 10.1016/0141-5425(82)90005-X

PubMed: 7120977

WoS: A1982NW66600005

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