experimental investigation of a smart insole for gait analysis

Gait analysis has been uɵlized widely to detect and monitor various lower extremitymusculoskeletal and neurological disorders. monitoring the gait events can be performed withvarious mechanisms, specifically including wearable smart sensors without need to visit clinicsand employ highly cost equipment. the lack of clinical portable analysis tools to collect andanalyze the realisɵc paɵent’s daily acɵviɵes especially in diseases on elderly and parkinsonpaɵents is one of the major concerns conducɵng research in this area. the main scope of thisresearch is to present the design, and fabricaɵon of a novel smart insole for experimentalinvesɵgaɵon of human’s foot dynamic behavior during daily acɵviɵes. performance and accuracyof the proposed system are evaluated experimentally employing staɵc and dynamic analysisuɵlizing clinical gate data. comparaɵve analysis of the measured data obtained from theproposed insole prototype with the data collected through the foot checker indicates a moderatelevel of agreement, with differences of approximately 20% in both staɵc and dynamic analyses.these findings suggest that the compactly designed and economically fabricated prototypepossesses sufficient diagnosɵc capabiliɵes to serve as a useful tool in the iniɵal stages of clinicalassessment.