Comments and Reply to: Foot Plantar Pressure Measurement System: A Review. Sensors 2012, 12, 9884-9912
Comments
We would like to comment on a recent review article published in Sensors by Razak et al. [1]. The authors provided a review of plantar pressure measurement systems which included the discussion of the recently developed WalkinSense® system. While the authors correctly identified that our group completed research using this system [2], they have inaccurately reported the manufacturer of the system and our research findings.
The authors stated that this system was developed by our group, however, as stated in our article [2], this system was developed by Tomorrow Options Microelectronics (Sheffield, UK). Additionally they stated inaccurately that the WalkinSense® system is similar to the F-Scan® (Tekscan, Boston, MA, USA) hardware and software and that our research concluded that WalkinSense® had a better repeatability when compared to other commercially available systems. Our research [2] clearly concluded that the WalkinSense® system was found to be as repeatable as the F-Scan® system.
There are several papers which outline the existing technologies [3], the protocols used for data collection [4,5] and the repeatability of existing systems [6]. Whilst this paper [1], is mainly intended for a different audience when compared to clinical papers, it is very important that previously published information is carefully considered, critically reviewed and succinctly presented in a review paper.
We felt compelled to write this note so that: (1) it is not misinterpreted that we developed this system and (2) our research findings are not inaccurately reported.
Nachiappan Chockalingam
Aoife Healy
Roozbeh Naemi
Philip Burgess-Walker
References
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Chockalingam, N.; Healy, A.; Naemi, R.; Burgess-Walker, P.; Razak, A.H.A.; Zayegh, A.; Begg, R.K.; Wahab, Y. Comments and Reply to: Foot Plantar Pressure Measurement System: A Review. Sensors 2012, 12, 9884-9912. Sensors 2013, 13, 3527-3529. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/s130303527
Chockalingam N, Healy A, Naemi R, Burgess-Walker P, Razak AHA, Zayegh A, Begg RK, Wahab Y. Comments and Reply to: Foot Plantar Pressure Measurement System: A Review. Sensors 2012, 12, 9884-9912. Sensors. 2013; 13(3):3527-3529. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/s130303527
Chicago/Turabian StyleChockalingam, Nachiappan, Aoife Healy, Roozbeh Naemi, Philip Burgess-Walker, Abdul Hadi Abdul Razak, Aladin Zayegh, Rezaul K. Begg, and Yufridin Wahab. 2013. "Comments and Reply to: Foot Plantar Pressure Measurement System: A Review. Sensors 2012, 12, 9884-9912" Sensors 13, no. 3: 3527-3529. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/s130303527
