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Table 1 Regional plantar pressure outcomes by insole condition, reported as mean (standard deviation)

From: An exploration of changes in plantar pressure distributions during walking with standalone and supported lateral wedge insole designs

Plantar Region

Pressure Outcome

FLAT

WEDG

WEDG + V-ARCH

WEDG + U-ARCH

Lateral Rearfoot

Peak Pressure (kPa)

133.0 (24.1)

132.6 (26.0)

122.0 (22.6) a,b

126.1 (23.4) a

Pressure-Time Integral (kPa*sec)

30.0 (6.4)

29.0 (5.3)

26.7 (5.5) a,b

28.3 (6.9)

Contact Area (cm2)

18.7 (2.3)

18.1 (2.1)

19.5 (2.2) a,b

19.9 (2.6) a,b

Lateral Forefoot

Peak Pressure (kPa)

106.1 (31.8)

108.6 (33.3)

85.6 (26.7) a,b

100.7 (32.2)

Pressure-Time Integral (kPa*sec)

30.6 (10.4)

32.4 (10.7)

22.0 (7.3) a,b

26.8 (10.1) a,b

Contact Area (cm2)

12.9 (2.6)

12.6 (2.3)

12.2 (2.2) a

12.3 (2.2) a

Medial Rearfoot

Peak Pressure (kPa)

150.3 (23.2)

131.9 (26.1) a

105.3 (27.6) a,b

99.3 (21.5) a,b

Pressure-Time Integral (kPa*sec)

32.9 (6.7)

26.6 (5.8) a

21.4 (6.1) a,b

20.4 (5.2) a,b

Contact Area (cm2)

17.5 (2.1)

16.5 (2.1) a

17.9 (2.5) b

17.9 (2.8) b

Medial Forefoot

Peak Pressure (kPa)

125.3 (43.0)

105.4 (39.6) a

96.9 (34.2) a,b

93.4 (37.0) a,b

Pressure-Time Integral (kPa*sec)

30.1 (10.3)

23.4 (8.6) a

20.2 (7.3) a,b

18.3 (7.6) a,b

Contact Area (cm2)

14.4 (1.8)

13.9 (2.1)

14.5 (2.6)

14.7 (2.6)

Midfoot

Peak Pressure (kPa)

42.8 (11.8)

45.6 (10.6)

48.1 (12.9) a

48.0 (12.9) a

Pressure-Time Integral (kPa*sec)

14.1 (4.6)

15.5 (4.7)

16.2 (4.8) a

16.2 (5.2) a

Contact Area (cm2)

34.7 (8.7)

31.8 (7.7) a

50.9 (9.3) a,b

52.8 (9.1) a,b

  1. All values reported as mean (standard deviation)
  2. a denotes a significant difference from FLAT (p < 0.05)
  3. b denotes a significant difference from WEDG (p < 0.05)