1. ABOUT THE DATASET -------------------- Title: Raw Data - STEPS: Development of the Shear Tracking for Enhanced Prevention Sock for diabetic foot ulcer prevention Creator(s): Dr Rory P. Turnbull [1], Dr Rachel Mason [2], Dr Francesca Sairally [1], Prof Peter Culmer [1] Organisation(s): 1. University of Leeds. 2. Lancaster University Rights-holder(s):Unless otherwise stated, Copyright 2023 University of Leeds Publication Year: 2026 Description: Data collected in the development of the STEPS wearable system. The first set covers mechanical sock tensile texting to assess the performance of different textiles prototypes. The second set covers single subject proof of concept testing. The participant conducted 10 repeats of 10 gait cycles while wearing the STEPS system. Cite as: Turnbull et al. (2026) Raw Data - STEPS: Development of the Shear Tracking for Enhanced Prevention Sock for diabetic foot ulcer prevention. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1928 Related publication: Rory P. Turnbull, Rachel Mason, Francesca Sairally, Jenny Corser, Giorgio Orlando, Prabhuraj D. Venkatraman, Irantzu Yoldi, Kathrine Bradbury, Neil D. Reeves and Peter Culmer. "STEPS: Development of the Shear Tracking for Enhanced Prevention Sock for diabetic foot ulcer prevention" MDPI Sensors 2026 [Submitted] Contact: r.p.turnbull@leeds.ac.uk 2. TERMS OF USE --------------- Copyright 2026 University of Leeds. Unless otherwise stated, this dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 3. PROJECT AND FUNDING INFORMATION ---------------------------------- Title: Digital Health:‘SOCKSESS’—Smart Sensing Socks For Monitoring Diabetic Feet And Preventing Ulceration. Dates: 07/11/2022 - 07/11/2024 Funding organisation: EPSRC Grant no.: EP/X001059/1 4. CONTENTS ----------- File listing 1 Textile Testing (Figure 4) Design 1 S1-3 = Sample Horizontal, Vertical = Orientation R1-5.csv = Repeat Design 2 Zones / No Zones Horizontal, Vertical = Orientation R1-5.csv = Repeat 2 Proof of Concept Testing (Fig 6 and 7) Subject_1.txt Column titles: Time [ms] | Sensor 1 [Ohms] | Sensor 2 [Ohms] | Freq [Hz] | Acc X | Acc Y | Acc Z 5. METHODS ---------- Methods can be found in: Rory P. Turnbull, Rachel Mason, Francesca Sairally, Jenny Corser, Giorgio Orlando, Prabhuraj D. Venkatraman, Irantzu Yoldi, Kathrine Bradbury, Neil D. Reeves and Peter Culmer. "STEPS: Development of the Shear Tracking for Enhanced Prevention Sock for diabetic foot ulcer prevention" MDPI Sensors 2026 [Submitted]