Measurement and analysis of dynamic distribution of plantar pressure

Author

Tiejun Tan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Forensic Sci. & Technol., China Criminal Police Univ., Shenyang, China

fYear

2012

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

835

Lastpage

839

Abstract

This study investigates the dynamic distribution of plantar pressure of Chinese adults and its impact factors. The pressure of different plantar zones of 60 male Chinese adults was measured using Plantar Pressure Measurement System: Footscan. The statistical results show that for normal walkers the dynamic pressure of left and right foot is symmetrically distributed and for each foot the pressure is different on different planter zones. For each foot mainly the second metatarsal, heel and hallux zones bear the weight of human body when people walk. Age is an important impact factor for the distribution of plantar pressure rather than the weight. There is certain correlation between distribution of plantar pressure and the walkers´ age, which is potentially worth further investigation.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; gait analysis; pressure measurement; hallux zone; heel zone; human body weight; left foot dynamic pressure; metatarsal zone; normal walking; plantar pressure dynamic distribution; plantar pressure measurement system; right foot dynamic pressure; dynamic plantar pressure; footscan; normal walking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2012 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chongqing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1183-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2012.6512889

Filename

6512889