Title: Plantar pressure analysis during tilt walking in female group

Authors: Yaodong Gu; Wenwen Shen

Addresses: School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China ' Human Movement Research Center, Ningbo University, Zhejiang, 315211, China

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the difference of plantar pressure distribution between flat and tilt walking interface. Twenty-five female healthy volunteers were participated in the test, each subject walked three times on the flat and tilt surface at normal speed, while plantar pressure data was recorded 3 gait cycles each time. Compared with the flat walking surface, the FTI value of M-H, MF-M, MF-L, FF-M, BT and OT on tilt surface is significantly higher (p < 0.05), while the FF-L region is reflected in lower trend (p < 0.05) and the L-H region is similar. It has found out that planter pressure distribution was significantly difference between flat and tilt walking interface. The high loading in forefoot region in tilt interface walking shall be noticed and especially for the footwear company adding some function design relate to forefoot area.

Keywords: hiking; footwear design; peak pressure; forefoot; plantar pressure distribution; flat walking; tilt walking; women; female hikers.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2013.055666

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2013 Vol.11 No.4, pp.357 - 363

Received: 28 Jun 2012
Accepted: 12 Mar 2013

Published online: 27 Sep 2014 *

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