Higher Levels of Physical Fitness Are Associated with Lower Peak Plantar Pressures in Older Women

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14510%2F20%3A00116338" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14510/20:00116338 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104119" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104119</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12104119" target="_blank" >10.3390/su12104119</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Higher Levels of Physical Fitness Are Associated with Lower Peak Plantar Pressures in Older Women

Original language description

Little is known about how physical fitness is associated with peak plantar pressures in older adults. Therefore, the main purpose of the study was to explore whether higher physical fitness levels were associated with lower peak plantar pressures in a sample of community-dwelling older adults. In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 120 older women aged &gt;= 60 years. To assess the level of peak plantar pressure, we used a Zebris plantar pressure platform. To estimate the level of physical fitness, a senior fitness test battery was used. To calculate the associations between the level of physical fitness and peak plantar pressures beneath the different foot regions (forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot), we used generalized estimating equations with a linear regression model. In unadjusted models, higher physical fitness levels were associated with lower peak plantar pressures. When we adjusted for chronological age, the risk of falls and the presence of foot pain, higher physical fitness levels remained associated with lower peak plantar pressures. Our study shows that higher levels of physical fitness are associated with lower peak plantar pressures, even after adjusting for several potential covariates.

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

50900 - Other social sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

2071-1050

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

UT code for WoS article

000543421400177

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85085621428