The effect of aging and gender on plantar pressure distribution during the gait in elderly

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5277/ABB-01158-2018-02" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5277/ABB-01158-2018-02</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5277/ABB-01158-2018-02" target="_blank" >10.5277/ABB-01158-2018-02</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effect of aging and gender on plantar pressure distribution during the gait in elderly

Original language description

Purpose: The effect of age on structural foot characteristics as well as on the plantar pressure distribution has been shown previously. However, the number of studies focused also on gender gait differences of elderly is lacking. The purpose of this study was to compare dynamic gait characteristic in younger and older elderly and to investigate the gender differences as the life-long load and footwear choice differ in males and females. Methods: 61 healthy elderly participants were divided by age and gender into four groups: males 60-69, males 70-79, females 60-69 and females 70-79 years old. Plantar pressures were recorded during barefoot walking at naturally chosen speed using Emed-at (Novel GmbH, Germany). Three steps of the left foot of each participant were used for further analysis, furthermore, hallux angle, foot progression angle, and arch index were calculated by the Emed software from obtained footprints. To compare the differences between the analyzed groups, effect size obtained by Cohen’s d was used. Results: Comparing the two age male groups, higher mean pressure was found in the 70-79 age group in region MH4, MH5 and mid-foot suggesting a greater lateral load and decreased longitudinal arch of the foot. Comparing female groups, the higher mean pressure was found in the older age group in region MH1. In all other regions, the mean pressures were reduced in the older groups. Conclusions: The results suggest that the effect of aging on plantar pressure distribution during the gait is affected by gender and should be considered when evaluating the gait of elderly.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

ISSN

1509-409X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

20

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

139-144

UT code for WoS article

000451366200017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85059081682