Open AccessThe foot plantar pressures for patients with hallux valgus combines with or without claw toe
Author(s) -
Wu WenLan,
Liang JinaMin,
Cheng YuhMin,
Huang PengJu,
Wu JiaHroung
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-7-s1-a110
Subject(s) - medicine , valgus , claw , foot (prosody) , first metatarsal , orthopedic surgery , physical medicine and rehabilitation , second toe , plantar pressure , orthodontics , anatomy , surgery , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , engineering , system of measurement , astronomy
Methods 7 severe HV patients (2 male and 5 female, 14 foot) and 7 patients suffered HV combine with claw toe (HVC) (1 male and 6 female, 14 foot) were recruited in this study. The F-Scan in-shoe system (Tekscan, Inc.) were used to record the data of plantar pressure at a sampling frequency of 50 Hz. Subjects were instructed to wear the custom shoes with F-Scan sensor pad and perform a 5 meter walking task on their self speed. For plantar pressure assessment, each footprint is divided into 12 regions ( MH, LH, MF, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, T1, T2, T3, T45) to enable analysis of the instant of peak pressure (kg/cm2) and maximum force that were normalized with body weight (MxF(%BW)). The independent t test was used to determine the differences of foot regions for two groups. Results were considered statistically significant when the p<0.05.