Research
Sensor readings, session annotations and repeatable exports for real-world movement studies.
Measure movement between appointments.
Sense Edge records biomechanical data during everyday activity. Clinical and research teams can study movement over time instead of relying only on scheduled laboratory visits.
Clinical validation of StepSense.
We are collaborating with healthcare professionals that help us better integrate into their workflows.
- Compare
Physiotherapists and physiatrists compare Sense Edge readings with professional measurement equipment.
- Interpret
They identify useful signals and advise us on how the information could fit into their work.
- Research
We are also collaborating with the university of XYZ on related research, fine-tuning our sensing system and validating our processing models.
Planned healthcare workflows.
We are developing each workflow with its own protocol, users and evidence before it can support professional decisions.
Rehabilitation
Weight-bearing targets, adherence and recovery trends between appointments require their own validation.
Aging and neurology
Research can examine long-term changes in gait speed, variability, turning and balance.
High-risk foot care
Pressure exposure, temperature differences and offloading behavior require higher-resolution sensing, clinical evidence and a separate regulatory process.
Compare change with the person's own baseline.
A single left-right difference does not tell the whole story. Repeated measurements can show whether someone's usual loading pattern is changing during daily activity or recovery.
- Balance and loadingTrack changes in pressure distribution, timing and movement over time.
- RehabilitationSee whether weight bearing moves back toward a patient's usual pattern.
- Plantar loadingStudy where pressure is concentrated and how that distribution changes.
What plantar-pressure research has already studied.
Published work provides a basis for studying weight bearing, gait mechanics and offloading. These studies concern the wider field, not Sense Edge's own clinical results.
Stroke rehabilitation
A randomized trial used an insole pressure sensor during gait retraining and reported greater improvements in standing and walking symmetry than conventional rehabilitation alone.
Read the randomized trialGait biofeedback
Researchers have tested pressure-based auditory feedback as a way to change plantar loading during rehabilitation for chronic ankle instability.
Read the biofeedback studyDiabetic-foot offloading
A systematic review found that pressure-informed footwear and insole designs can reduce peak plantar pressure.
Read the systematic reviewMedical uses require more work.
Medical devices need their own clinical evidence and regulatory review. StepSense plans to begin with an FDA Pre-Submission.
Sense OS engineering practices address risk, software lifecycle, usability and cybersecurity to comply with relevant med-tech safety standards. Our software stack is primed for clinical validation or regulatory review.