System to Monitor Surfer's Balance and Plantar Pressure

The use of the technology has been increase on last decades in many different fields. On sports is not different. Everyday new developments came to help athletes improving their performance, allowing achieve results never thought. Beyond that, the use of technology allows the biomechanical data acquisition which can be used for training development or in injuries prevention, for instance. Thus, this project is developed in sport field, particularly in surf modality where the absence of scientific studies still present, combining electronic technology and sport to quantify information that remaining unknown.Three basic factors known as influence surfer's performance were verified: balance; feet positioning; and surfboard's movement. These factors led to the development of a system that is capable to measure them dynamically trough measuring plantar forces and surfboard's rotation.

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Daniel Bona born on 1984-12-08 at Imbituba, Brazil. He is an electronic technician at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Santa Catarina, Brazil and holds a Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering from School of Engineering of Porto. He have been researching in electronics for action sports and biomechanics.