Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of a Fiber Bragg Gratings (Fbg) Based Smart Insole to Measure Plantar Pressure and Temperature

17 Pages Posted: 29 Aug 2022

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Sakib Mahmud

Qatar University

Amith Khandakar

Qatar University

Muhammad Enamul Hoque Chowdhury

University of Nottingham - Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre

Mohammed AbdulMoniem

Qatar University

Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Zaid Bin Mahbub

North South University

Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

Qatar University

M Murugappan

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Mohammed Alhatou

Hamad Medical Corporation

Abstract

Various foot complications can be easily avoided by continuous monitoring of foot plantar temperature and pressure. In this work, the design, characterization, and implementation of a Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) based smart insole capable of simultaneously measuring plantar pressure and temperature has been reported. The instrumented insole was tested and verified during static and gait exercises. The paper also provides a comparison of the developed optoelectronic-based solution with a commercially available and widely used plantar pressure measurement and analysis system and a lab-made, electronic sensor-based smart insole that can measure both plantar temperature and pressure. It was shown that even though the commercially available expensive system is very robust and highly precise due to many sensing units on the insole, the developed insole with a smaller number of sensors can provide both plantar temperature and pressure with reasonable precision while displaying both foot pressure and temperature maps, and gait cycle plots in real-time. The FBG-based solution is comfortable and safer than the other systems being compared. Thus, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed solution as an addition to the research area for detecting foot complications non-invasively using foot insoles.

Keywords: Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG), Plantar Pressure, Plantar Temperature, Diabetic Foot Complication, Smart Insole, Optoelectronics

Suggested Citation

Mahmud, Sakib and Khandakar, Amith and Chowdhury, Muhammad Enamul Hoque and AbdulMoniem, Mohammed and Reaz, Mamun Bin Ibne and Mahbub, Zaid Bin and Sadasivuni, Kishor Kumar and Murugappan, M and Alhatou, Mohammed, Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of a Fiber Bragg Gratings (Fbg) Based Smart Insole to Measure Plantar Pressure and Temperature. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4203576 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4203576

Sakib Mahmud

Qatar University ( email )

College of Law
Qatar University
Doha, 2713
Qatar

Amith Khandakar

Qatar University

College of Law
Qatar University
Doha, 2713
Qatar

Muhammad Enamul Hoque Chowdhury (Contact Author)

University of Nottingham - Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre ( email )

Mohammed AbdulMoniem

Qatar University ( email )

College of Law
Qatar University
Doha, 2713
Qatar

Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia ( email )

Zaid Bin Mahbub

North South University ( email )

15 Ariful Haque Chowdhury Rd
Bashundhara Residential Area
Bangladesh, 1229
Bangladesh

Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni

Qatar University ( email )

College of Law
Qatar University
Doha, 2713
Qatar

M Murugappan

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

No Address Available

Mohammed Alhatou

Hamad Medical Corporation ( email )

Hamad Medical Corporation
Rumailah Hospital
Doha, 03050
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