The effects of walking speed and gender on plantar pressure parameters
This study aims to investigate the effects of gender and walking speed on the plantar pressure parameters. Thirty healthy males and females aged between 20 to 60 years participated in this study. A nested factorial design was employed. The independent variables include gender and walking speed (80％, 100％, 120％, and 140％ preferred walking speed). Plantar foot pressure data are recorded and analyzed by using a plantar pressure measurement device (Footscan?system, RSscan, Belgium). These data are measured in seven zones, including: medial toe, lesser toe, medial forefoot, central forefoot, lateral forefoot, midfoot, and heel zones. For each zone, four critical measurements are collected, i.e. peak pressure, peak force, contact area, and pressure-time integral. The results show that increasing walking speed caused a significant increase in most of the response measures, and the increase becomes more obvious when the speed was higher than 120％ preferred walking speed. For the gender difference, males had higher peak pressure and peak force in medial toe and forefoot, while females showed higher relative pressure-time integral in midfoot and heel. These results can provide very important information about the characteristics of plantar pressure parameters for different gender groups, and how these parameters change across a range of walking speeds.
Plantar pressure Gender Walk Speed
M.-J. Chung M.-J. J. Wang
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University,101 S Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, 101
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-4
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）