%0 Journal Article %A D. Gouwanda and S. M. N. A. Senanayake %D 2008 %J International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 21, 2008 %T Real Time Multi-Sensory Force Sensing Mat for Sports Biomechanics and Human Gait Analysis %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2758 %V 21 %X This paper presents a real time force sensing instrument that is designed for human gait analysis purposes. It is capable of recording and monitoring ground reaction forces exerted by human foot during various activities such as walking, running and jumping in real time. In overall, force sensing mat mainly consists of three elements: the force sensing mat, signal conditioning circuit and data acquisition device. Force sensing mat is the mat that contains an array of force sensing elements. To control and process the incoming signal from the force sensing mat, Force-Logger and Force-Reloader are developed using National Instrument Labview. This paper describes the architecture of the force sensing mat, signal conditioning circuit and the real time streaming of the incoming data from the force sensing mat. Additionally, a preliminary experiment dataset is presented in this paper. %P 338 - 343