Running
Foot Strike Pattern Detection Using a loadsol Sensor Insole
Keiichiro Hata, Yohei Yamazaki, Misato Ishikawa and Toshio Yanagiya, 2025.
loadsol application
Athletic monitoring with mobile force data.
Measure plantar force during running, football, golf and other dynamic sport tasks where laboratory equipment is too restrictive.
Sport science
Bring force measurement into the training environment.
loadsol supports athletic monitoring when the objective is total plantar force over time, not detailed pressure distribution. The system can record dynamic loading during accelerations, cuts, running strides and stance phases in compact sport footwear.
Current loadsol configurations are selected by sensing-zone layout. A 1-zone loadsol captures total plantar force, a 2-zone layout separates anterior and posterior loading, and 3-zone layouts can support anterior/central/posterior or medial/lateral/posterior analysis when the sport question requires regional force trends.
Running analysis
Assess force-time behavior, side differences and load progression across pace or footwear conditions.
Team sport
Collect data during drills and field movement where traditional force plates cannot follow the athlete.
Golf and balance
Study load transfer and stance force shifts during technical tasks.
Embedded monitoring
Use force signals as input for wearable systems, feedback tools or research prototypes.
Video resource
Athletic monitoring examples with loadsol.
These videos show how in-shoe force measurement can support gait, loading feedback and sport-specific movement analysis outside the laboratory.
Football
High jump
Surfing
Golf
Expanded application notes
Measurement questions and useful outputs.
How do footwear, fatigue, running speed or sport-specific technique change the force applied through each foot?
Force-time curves, asymmetry, step-to-step variability, peak load and repeated-trial comparisons in field conditions.
Recommended setup
Choose the loadsol zone layout for the sport question, then define shoe size, sampling rate from 10 - 200 Hz, feedback thresholds and whether BLE streaming or onboard recording is preferred during field testing.
Scientific value
The application becomes stronger when force data is synchronized with video, timing events, questionnaires, motion capture or operator notes.
Video
Real-Time Dynamic Load Measurement in Football.
Load Measurement in Football
In this demonstration, a football goalkeeper performs dynamic movements while wearing Loadsol wireless insoles, capturing precise plantar load data at every step.
Research and publications
Athletic monitoring extends loadsol from rehabilitation into field performance.
Relevant publications and novel application material connect in-shoe force sensing with foot strike detection, Achilles tendon load, skating performance, cognitive-demand walking and running force-pattern analysis.
Running load
Increasing ground contact time reduces Achilles tendon forces during Rearfoot strike running outdoors
Kevin G. Aubol, Karin Gravare Silbernagel, Josh R. Baxter, Patricia A. Shewokis and Clare E. Milner, 2025.
Team sport
Relationships between sprint skating performance and insole plantar forces in national-level hockey athletes
Josh L. Secomb, Doug W. Davidson and Heidi R. Compton, 2024.
Running analysis
Spectral and Spatial Analysis of Plantar Force Distributions Across Foot-Strike Patterns During Treadmill Running
Paul William Macdermid and Stephanie Julie Walker, 2025.
Application context: novel athletic monitoring page and novel publication index.
Measure force in the athlete's own environment
We can help select the loadsol zone layout, shoe sizes and data workflows.
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