In the last decades, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) have become increasingly attractive to
medical applications due to their unique properties such as small size, biocompatibility …

Advances in medicine and improvements in life quality has led to an increase in the life
expectancy of the general population. An ageing world population have placed demands on …

Diabetes is highly prevalent throughout the world and imposes a high economic cost on
countries at all income levels. Foot ulceration is one devastating consequence of diabetes …

Environmental issues have led to increasing interest in the use of biomass materials to make
wearable sensors; cellulose is an environmentally-friendly material that has attracted …

In this study, a new wearable multi-local strain sensor (MLS-sensor) based on 3D textile
structure with pre-strained monofilament was proposed, which features two modes. First, the …

Abstract Polymer or Plastic Optical Fiber sensors (POFs) and Fiber Bragg Grating sensors
(FBGs) have gained increasing popularity in biomedical engineering (BME) applications …

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) pressure sensors have the potential to replace conventional
voltage sensors due to their compact size, resistance to electromagnetic interference …

We propose a novel polymer optical fiber (POF) sensing system based on fiber Bragg
gratings (FBGs) to measure foot plantar pressure. The plantar pressure signals are detected …

Fiber Bragg grating FBG is a periodic refractive change induced inside the fiber's core due to
exposure to optical radiation. Being miniature, EMI (electromagnetic interference) resistant …

Ground reaction force (GRF) measurement is usually made by means of force platforms,
which can lead to errors when the foot is not precisely placed inside the platform …