There are now numerous emerging flexible and wearable sensing technologies that can
perform a myriad of physical and physiological measurements. Rapid advances in …

In this study, we review the role of wearable devices in tracking our daily locomotion. We
discuss types of wearable devices that can be used, methods for gait analyses, and multiple …

Assessing the risk of fall in elderly people is a difficult challenge for clinicians. Since falls
represent one of the first causes of death in such people, numerous clinical tests have been …

The present paper reviews, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, the most recent
advances in research concerning two popular devices used for foot motion analysis and …

Gait analysis has been widely studied by researchers due to the impact in clinical fields. It
provides relevant information on the condition of a patient's pathologies. In the last decades …

The current gold standard for gait analysis involves performing the gait experiments in a
laboratory environment with a constrained space. However, there is growing interest in …

The quantification of plantar pressure distribution is widely done in the diagnosis of lower
limbs deformities, gait analysis, footwear design, and sport applications. To date, a number …

US9817439B2 - System, method and device for designing, manufacturing, and monitoring
custom human-interfacing devices - Google Patents US9817439B2 - System, method and …

Physical activities can have important impacts on human health. For example, a physically
active lifestyle, which is one of the most important goals for overall health promotion, can …

The objective of this paper is to study the ability of polymer optical fiber (POF) to be inserted
in a knitted fabric and to measure both pressure and friction when walking. Firstly, POF …