Paper Title
On Shoe Wearable Sensors For Detecting Foot Neuropathy
Abstract
Abstract - Foot Neuropathy is a serious medical disorder and can be prevented by the early detection of abnormal pressure
patterns under the foot. By a sending imperceptible vibration through the feet of Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients
significantly improves the damaged nerves and stimulates blood flow. The methods used in clinics are based on complex
motion laboratory settings or simple timing outcomes using stop watches and Timed Up and Go test. The goal of this paper
is to design and build a low-cost foot pressure and foot movement analysis and blood flow stimulation system, embedded
within smart footwear which a patient can wear at any place to monitor his or her foot pressure distribution to identify and
diagnose foot neuropathy as early as possible. To improve the blood flow the smart footwear has a set of miniature vibrating
motors that stimulate the nerves by vibrating in different amplitude that can be configured individually, started and stopped
by the user. The smart footwear will collect data from inertial sensors and periodically transfer this data to the handheld unit
where it will be stored in a memory card for future reference or for an analysis by a doctor.