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Commercial pressure offloading insoles: dynamic stability and plantar pressure effects while negotiating stairs
- Source :
- Footwear Science. 11:111-119
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2019.
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Abstract
- Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a dysfunction of the peripheral nerves that restricts sensation from the feet, compromising an individual’s mobility and balance. Individuals with DPN generate elevated (from typical) values of foot pressure while walking often leading to tissue ulcerations. Currently, there are commercial pressure offloading (CPO) insoles that claim to reduce foot pressure and limit ulcer formation; however, the insoles’ capacity to reduce pressures during common activities have not been examined. The aim of this study was to observe the effects of various insoles on balance and plantar pressure while negotiating stairs, in individuals with diabetes. Twenty-nine (29) participants (14 individuals with diabetes, and 15 age-matched controls) were instructed to traverse a seven-step staircase while wearing three CPO insoles and one normal insole. Spatial and temporal balance (COM-BOS) and foot peak pressures (overall foot and regions of interest) were recorded using pressure insoles pl...
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Plantar pressure
0206 medical engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Tactile sensation
030229 sport sciences
02 engineering and technology
medicine.disease
020601 biomedical engineering
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Peripheral neuropathy
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Stairs
medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Foot pressure
business
Foot (unit)
Balance (ability)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19424299 and 19424280
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Footwear Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8e86cedbb2e0bd168a176f7fe3340973