Gurgel Jonas, Porto Flávia, Russomano Thais, Cambraia Rodrigo, de Azevedo Dario F G, Glock Flávio S, Beck João Carlos Pinheiro, Helegda Sergio
Aerosp. Biomech. Res. Group, Pontifical Catholic Univ.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006;2006:4144-6. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260719.
An instrumented bicycle pedal was built and calibrated. The pedal has good linearity and sensibility, comparable to other instruments in the literature. This study aimed to perform accurate calibration of a tri-axial pedal, including forces applied, deformations, nonlinearities, hysteresis and standard error for each axis. Calibration was based on Hull and Davis method, which is based on the application of known loads on the pedal in order to create a calibration matrix.