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[Apparatus for the synchronous measurement of pressure distribution and components of the resulting force under the human footsole (author's transl)]. 1977

H R Beierlein

The presented stationary apparatus enables to make measurements of qualitative and quantitative pressure distribution under the barefooted human footsole. With a film camera the pressure distribution is recorded on 35 mm black-and-white negative film with 60 pictures/sec during the unrolling of the foot. With a duration of 0.5 sec at a walking speed of 5 km/h the unrolling is recorded by about 30 separate pictures. Besides the illustration of pressure distribution each of the pictures shows: a pressure comparing unit, the side-view of the unrolling foot, the actual recording time in units of 1/100 sec and statements about the test person. Each of the recorded pictures in then scanned by a black-and-white-TV-camera. By means of electronic hardware coloured isobares of the pressure distribution given by the different foot deformities are computed and shown on a colour monitor screen. By strain gages, the three components of the resulting force (weight) are registered synchronously.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009040	Motion Pictures	The art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures for entertainment, propaganda, or instruction.	Film,Motion Picture,Movie,Cinema,Films,Films as Topic,Movies,Movies as Topic,Cinemas,Films as Topics,Movies as Topics,Picture, Motion,Pictures, Motion
D011312	Pressure	A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Pressures
D005528	Foot	The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE); METATARSUS; phalanges; and the soft tissues surrounding these bones.	Feet
D005531	Foot Deformities, Acquired	Distortion or disfigurement of the foot, or a part of the foot, acquired through disease or injury after birth.	Acquired Foot Deformities,Acquired Foot Deformity,Deformities, Acquired Foot,Deformity, Acquired Foot,Foot Deformity, Acquired
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001696	Biomechanical Phenomena	The properties, processes, and behavior of biological systems under the action of mechanical forces.	Biomechanics,Kinematics,Biomechanic Phenomena,Mechanobiological Phenomena,Biomechanic,Biomechanic Phenomenas,Phenomena, Biomechanic,Phenomena, Biomechanical,Phenomena, Mechanobiological,Phenomenas, Biomechanic