RSscan provides a variety of advanced pressure measurement systems (Plate, insole and flexible) to institutes and universities around the world. The systems are ideal for research, due to their high specification, compatibility with other systems and detailed software packages.
Why add a pressure system to your department?
Pressure systems give even greater scope to research as they allow the forces and pressures of the complete contacted surfaces to be analysed. This allows individual areas of the contacted surfaces to undergo division, analysis and comparison.
As well as offering further data to a research project, triggering and synchronisation of force plates, motion capture systems, EMG are examples of equipment that can be triggered and controlled by the RSscan software, allowing for complete data collection at a press of a button. Alternatively, the RSscan hardware can be placed in the equipment loop and then triggered by other software.
Important hardware issues - Sampling speed and resolution
For any research that is capturing dynamic data, the sampling frequency of the equipment is one of the most important considerations. The RSscan systems (Plates and Insoles) have a sampling frequency of up to 500 Hz, giving the user confidence that the key subtle changes in movement will be captured by the system. This sampling frequency can also be adjusted, so that if a motion capture system is being used at 240 Hz, then the RSscan system can be set to 480 Hz, allowing the two pieces of equipment to remain synchronised after triggering. Together with the high sampling frequency is a high resolution, with each sensor being 5mm x 7mm, allowing for detailed analysis of specific areas that are contacted and the changes that occur within these fine areas.
Teaching tool - There are NO license restrictions on the software; this allows for installation of the software on both university and student computers. This allows lecturers to construct certain areas of modules around learning, using and the benefits of using the system. Specific data could be given to the student to analyse, or individual data collected during practical sessions can be taken away and written up as an assignment.
Applications
With both Gait (Dynamic), Balance and flexible material software available, the applications to universities and research institutes are extremely broad. These include but are not limited to:
| Podiatry | Physiotherapy | Rehabilitation | Biomechanics |
| Evolution | Biomedical | Neurology | Orthopaedics |
| Veterinary | Sport technology |
Work using RSscan technology has been published in:
| Journal of Dairy Science | Diabetes Care | American Journal of physical Anthropology | Journal of biomechanics |
| Foot & Ankle International | Gait and Posture | Journal of Equine Veterinary Science | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice |
| J. American Podiatry Medical Association |
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