Table 2 Parameters measured by pedobarography
Contact area, cm2 | Maximum force, N | Peak pressure, kPa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Differencea | Baseline | Differencea | Baseline | Differencea | ||
Hindfoot | CON | 35.00 (2.66) | 0.58 (1.11) | 447.50 (48.31) | 94.11 (38.72) | 318.33 (50.77) | 77.67 (60.03) |
MLA | 35.58 (2.72) | 0.87 (0.68) | 462.45 (64.41) | 87.25 (36.02) | 357.33 (105.16) | 82.33 (65.22) | |
P valueb | 0.838 | 0.325 | 0.436 | 0.389 | 0.250 | 0.624 | |
Midfoot | CON | 25.55 (7.49) | 1.66 (2.66) | 99.55 (42.85) | 36.15 (46.97) | 97.00 (29.02) | 37.67 (36.64) |
MLA | 29.77 (6.75) | 5.43 (5.23) | 115.14 (58.78) | 55.83 (28.66) | 108.67 (47.15) | 34.33 (31.22) | |
P valueb | 0.126 | 0.006 | 0.624 | 0.148 | 0.806 | 0.935 | |
Forefoot | CON | 52.86 (5.45) | 1.73 (1.36) | 577.08 (90.64) | 169.04 (42.67) | 444.67 (154.09) | 241.00 (213.09) |
MLA | 54.50 (5.93) | 2.30 (2.36) | 569.37 (67.60) | 148.16 (35.66) | 503.67 (150.35) | 107.33 (100.60) | |
P valueb | 0.595 | 0.461 | 0.389 | 0.187 | 0.106 | 0.026 | |
Toes | CON | 23.89 (4.23) | 2.25 (2.02) | 141.18 (57.53) | 32.11 (35.10) | 312.67 (143.43) | 104.67 (133.01) |
MLA | 25.53 (2.73) | 1.70 (3.27) | 184.23 (40.22) | 29.58 (32.13) | 420.00 (172.71) | 74.00 (113.31) | |
P valueb | 0.412 | 0.683 | 0.016 | 0.806 | 0.081 | 0.461 | |