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The present article describes constructing a stabilographic platform which records a standing patient’s deflection from their point of balance. The constructed device is composed of a toughen glass slab propped with 4 force sensors. Power transducers are connected to the measurement system based on a 24-bit ADC transducer which acquires slight body movements of a patient. The data is then transferred to the computer in real time and data analysis is conducted. The article explains the principle of operation as well as the algorithm of measurement uncertainty for the COP (Centre of Pressure) surface (x, y).

Measurement Uncertainty Analysis of the Strain Gauge Based Stabilographic Platform

Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, ul. Wiejska 45 D, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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The present article describes constructing a stabilographic platform which records a standing patient’s deflection from their point of balance. The constructed...

Measurement Uncertainty Analysis of the Strain Gauge Based Stabilographic Platform

Article Category: research article

Published Online: Aug 15, 2014

Page range: 74 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2014-0013

© 2014 Bialystok University of Technology

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