Effectiveness of sole-floor reaction force measurement in a supporting equipment for human stand-up movement

Author(s):  
Nana OTSUKA ◽  
Nobuto MATSUHIRA
2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (739) ◽  
pp. 749-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuto MIYAWAKI ◽  
Takehiro IWAMI ◽  
Goro OBINATA ◽  
Yoichi SHIMADA

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (11) ◽  
pp. 2641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junghoon Park ◽  
Sangjoon Kim ◽  
Youngjin Na ◽  
Yeongjin Kim ◽  
Jung Kim

Wearable ground reaction force (GRF) measurement systems make it possible to measure the GRF in any environment, unlike a commercial force plate. When performing kinetic analysis with the GRF, measurement of multiaxial GRF is important for evaluating forward and lateral motion during natural gait. In this paper, we propose a bendable GRF measurement system that can measure biaxial (vertical and anterior-posterior) GRF without interrupting the natural gait. Eight custom small biaxial force sensors based on an optical sensing mechanism were installed in the proposed system. The interference between two axes on the custom sensor was minimized by the independent application of a cantilever structure for the two axes, and the hysteresis and repeatability of the custom sensor were investigated. After developing the system by the installation of force sensors, we found that the degree of flexibility of the developed system was comparable to that of regular shoes by investigating the forefoot bending stiffness. Finally, we compared vertical GRF (vGRF) and anterior-posterior GRF (apGRF) measured from the developed system and force plate at the same time when the six subjects walked, ran, and jumped on the force plate to evaluate the performance of the GRF measurement system.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (0) ◽  
pp. _J1040103--_J1040103-
Author(s):  
Shinnosuke ATARASHI ◽  
Atsuhiko SHINTANI ◽  
Ryo YONETSU ◽  
Chihiro NAKAGAWA ◽  
Tomohiro ITO

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (0) ◽  
pp. J2320102
Author(s):  
Takahito SUZUKI ◽  
Kiyoshi HIROSE ◽  
Haruka CHIBA ◽  
Akiko KONDO ◽  
Hitoshi DOKI

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