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Aluminum foot insoles reduce plantar forefoot pressure and increase foot comfort for motorcyclists
- Source :
- Prosthetics & Orthotics International. 42:606-611
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2018.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Foot pain and paresthesia are common in cycling, due to plantar pressure and repetitive loading. OBJECTIVES: The aim was to investigate the effect of foot insoles on plantar pressure of the foot in motorcycling, as well as self-reported comfort. STUDY DESIGN: A randomized crossover clinical trial. METHODS: A flexible foot pressure mat (GP MobilData WiFi® Gebiomized®) with different sizes was utilized. RESULTS: Maximum pressure values occurred predominantly in the hallux with 4.90 ± 1.19 N/cm2, followed by second and third metatarsal areas with 4.57 ± 0.73 N/cm2, followed by the first metatarsal area with 4.30 ± 0.96 N/cm2, and followed by the fourth and fifth metatarsal areas with 3.22 ± 0.89 N/cm2 when using the control foot insole and using aluminum foot insole, which reduces maximum pressure to 1.55 ± 0.34, 1.56 ± 0.75, 1.09 ± 0.43, and 1.07 ± 0.59 N/cm2, respectively ( p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
Foot Orthoses
Health Professions (miscellaneous)
Weight-Bearing
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Foot pressure
Maximum pressure
Orthodontics
Cross-Over Studies
030505 public health
business.industry
First metatarsal
Plantar pressure
Decreased pressure
Forefoot
Rehabilitation
Equipment Design
Motorcycles
0305 other medical science
business
Foot (unit)
Aluminum
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Details
- ISSN :
- 03093646
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Prosthetics & Orthotics International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9335459cd20d2d08f46fa438c2d78b85