Senzorické řešení pro pěnovou balanční podložku

Abstract

The thesis deals with the design of a custom sensor solution for the detection of movements performed on the AIREX® Elite foam balance pad. The thesis includes a theoretical description of balance exercise aids and their application in the field of physiotherapy. Furthermore, a survey of current technical solutions for motion sensing on balance aids is presented. For the implementation of the actual solution, the principle of capacitive distance measurement using conductive textiles was chosen for the sensor implementation. The next section is devoted to the design of the hardware solution, it describes the design of the sensor matrix, the size of the individual sensing elements and the distance between them and the data acquisition using the STM32 microcontroller and the processing of this data in the LabVIEW environment. The actual work includes the design of a custom user interface to visualize the motion on the foam balance pad and testing of the developed solution in real conditions during rehabilitation in a home environment.