Smart Fabric sensors for foot motion monitoring

dc.contributor.advisorFlatau, Alison B.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCastano Salcedo, Lina Mariaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-09T06:30:17Z
dc.date.available2011-03-09T06:30:17Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractSmart Fabrics or fabrics that have the characteristics of sensors are a wide and emerging field of study. This thesis summarizes an investigation into the development of fabric sensors for use in sensorized socks that can be used to gather real time information about the foot such as gait features. Conventional technologies usually provide 2D information about the foot. Sensorized socks are able to provide angular data in which foot angles are correlated to the output from the sensor enabling 3D monitoring of foot position. Current angle detection mechanisms are mainly heavy and cumbersome; the sensorized socks are not only portable but also non-invasive to the subject who wears them. The incorporation of wireless features into the sensorized socks enabled a remote monitoring of the foot.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11314
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBiomechanicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbody anglesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfabric sensorsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledfoot anglesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsmart fabricsen_US
dc.titleSmart Fabric sensors for foot motion monitoringen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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