Plantar pressure image is generally accepted as an effective tool to analyze a foot pathology and disorder in foot care investigation for a long time. In this research, we propose a preliminary study on the design and construction of low cost and customized plantar pressure analyzer for foot pressure image in a general rehabilitation foot clinic. A single bare foot loading platform is designed to measure a spread of plantar pressure inwhich combined of 72 force sensitive sensor in a form of fix array 6x12 matrix. An appropriate GUI software is specially designed in order to fit with a clinician user true requirement in both 2D and 3D pressure distribution analysis. Finally, database system for storage and retrieving in follow-up process also well develop. Not only an interesting output obtained from this study, this research also guide us to develop more customized and appropriated foot care scanner system for using in general hospital in the future.
The purpose of this research is to compare the method of non-invasive blood pressure measurement between auscultatory method and oscillometric method. The volunteers of blood pressure measurement by both methods are 100 persons. The results show the correlations of SBP, DBP and MAP on left and right arm by oscillomatric method that is low correlation (0.224, 0.277 and 0.269 respectively). But, the correlations of SBP, DBP and MAP on left and right arm by auscultatory method that is high correlation (0.945, 0.928 and 0.950 respectively). Moreover, the correlation of SBP and DBP left arm by oscillomatric and auscultatory method that are not correlation (0.000, 0.000 and 0.000 respectively). The blood pressure value of osillomatric method is higher than auscultatory method. Then, we are aware in wildly blood pressure measurement by oscillomatric method. This is not gold standard and can't replace in auscultation method.
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