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Sex Differences in the Footprint Analysis During the Entire Gait Cycle in a Functional Equinus Condition: Novel Cross Sectional Research
- Source :
- E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM, instname, E-Prints Complutense: Archivo Institucional de la UCM, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, RUC. Repositorio da Universidade da Coruña, Applied Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 17, Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 17, p 3611 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2019.
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Abstract
- Some studies suggest that gender is related to gait. Females show significantly higher ankle motion and vertical ground reaction forces. Males have significantly larger plantar contact surface areas in all regions of the foot than females in most, but not all, prior studies. However, there is no research on sex differences in a functional equinus condition. In this study, 119 individuals, including 59 females (29.7 &plusmn<br />5.15 years, 58.74 &plusmn<br />6.66 kg, 163.65 &plusmn<br />5.58 cm) and 60 males (31.22 &plusmn<br />6.06 years, 75.67 &plusmn<br />9.81 kg, 177.10 &plusmn<br />6.16 cm), with a functional equinus condition walked onto a pressure platform. In two separate testing sessions, five trials of each foot were conducted for the first, second, and third steps. We measured the contact surface areas for each of the three phases of the stance phase. We computed the intraclass correlation coefficient and standard error of the mean to assess the reliability. We found significantly greater contact surface areas in males than females in the first, second, and third steps in all phases of the stance phase: heel strike, mid-stance, and take-off. This is important information for the design of footwear and orthotics and gender knowledge. In a functional equinus condition, males have registered greater contact surface areas than females in all phases of the dynamic footprint of the stance phase.
- Subjects :
- Biomechanical phase
Intraclass correlation
Cross-sectional study
Fiabilidad
Orthotics
lcsh:Technology
lcsh:Chemistry
0302 clinical medicine
Platform
gender
Medicine
General Materials Science
Instrumentation
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Orthodontics
General Engineering
Reliability
lcsh:QC1-999
Computer Science Applications
Podología
Foot (unit)
biomechanical phase
medicine.medical_specialty
Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología
Footprint
03 medical and health sciences
platform
Fase biomecánica
Ground reaction force
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
reliability
business.industry
lcsh:T
Foot
Process Chemistry and Technology
Pie
Gender
030229 sport sciences
Gait
Standard error
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
lcsh:TA1-2040
foot
Género
business
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
lcsh:Physics
Plataforma
Subjects
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM, instname, E-Prints Complutense: Archivo Institucional de la UCM, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, RUC. Repositorio da Universidade da Coruña, Applied Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 17, Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 17, p 3611 (2019)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....958c9f8509f764d4b65143aa5fdb0f08