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Table 1 Interdigital and dorsal pressure results – mean (SD)

From: The effect of shoe toe box shape and volume on forefoot interdigital and plantar pressures in healthy females

 

Round

Square

Point

pvalue

Mean peak pressure (N/cm2)

    

     Sensor 1

40.2(0.31) ‡

57.85(0.34)

51.97(0.43)

0.017*

     Sensor 2

16.67(0.24)§

47.07(0.57)

48.05(0.47)

0.001*

     Sensor 3

22.55(0.34) ‡§

32.36(0.42)

39.22(0.48)

0.005**

     Sensor 4

25.49(0.36) ‡§

43.15(0.44)

45.11(0.44)

0.000*

     Sensor 5

30.4(0.42)

38.24(0.41)

32.36(0.4)

0.134**

     Sensor 6

57.85(0.45)

65.7(0.54)

50.01(0.37)

0.273*

     Sensor 7

73.54(0.47)§

89.23(0.51)

60.8(0.43)

0.001*

     Sensor 8

34.32(0.29) ‡§

57.85(0.3)†§

83.35(0.44)†‡

0.000*

Mean time to peak pressure (ms)

    

     Sensor 1

190(0.19)

290(0.19)

260(0.19)

0.194*

     Sensor 2

80(0.15)§

160(0.19)

300(0.25)

0.011*

     Sensor 3

150(0.21)

180(0.21)

230(0.23)

0.6**

     Sensor 4

110(0.14)§

190(0.17)

270(0.21)

0.008*

     Sensor 5

160(0.17)‡§

250(0.21)

240(0.2)

0.004**

     Sensor 6

300(0.17)

340(0.19)

360(0.52)

0.038*

     Sensor 7

280(0.13)

330(0.14)

290(0.15)

0.037*

     Sensor 8

190(0.12)‡§

300(0.13)

340(0.14)

0.000*

Mean total contact time (ms)

    

     Sensor 1

610(0.36)

690(0.27)

640(0.19)

0.544*

     Sensor 2

210(0.3)

210(0.23)§

450(0.36)

0.003*

     Sensor 3

220(0.26)‡§

300(0.31)†§

490(0.74)†‡

0.003**

     Sensor 4

300(0.36)

260(0.21)§

450(0.33)

0.009*

     Sensor 5

350(0.35)

430(0.38)

560(0.31)†

0.029**

     Sensor 6

590(0.33)

550(0.32)

590(0.67)

0.664*

     Sensor 7

520(0.24)

520(0.19)

510(0.23)

0.893*

     Sensor 8

420(0.24)

510(0.2)

540(0.19)

0.34*

Pressure–time integral (N/cm2/ms)

    

     Sensor 1

15.54(17.01)

19.53(17.22)

17.06(19.54)

0.133*

     Sensor 2

1.17(2.7)

6.32(10.64)

10.62(14.62)†‡

0.001*

     Sensor 3

3.24(6.97)‡§

5.25(10.4)

8.64(14.33)

0.001**

     Sensor 4

3.59(7.45)

7.01(10.27)

9.38(12.79)†

0.001*

     Sensor 5

7.07(13.83)

8.35(11.92)

9.23(15.76)

0.31**

     Sensor 6

16.41(17.77)

18.5(23.1)

10.9(11.88)

0.56*

     Sensor 7

17.97(18.87)

23.09(21.98)

15.7(18.13)

0.145*

     Sensor 8

7.63(8.59)‡

14.41(11.62)§

18.45(16.19)

0.000*

  1. * ANOVA.
  2. ** Friedman test.
  3. † significantly different to round.
  4. ‡ significantly different to square.
  5. § significantly different to point.