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@article{1593296, author = {Mikeska, Ondřej and Gimunová, Marta and Zvonař, Martin}, article_number = {3}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5277/ABB-01373-2019-04}, keywords = {pregnancy; foot; pressure; force}, language = {eng}, issn = {1509-409X}, journal = {Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics}, title = {Assessment of distribution of plantar pressures and foot characteristics during walking in pregnant women}, url = {http://www.actabio.pwr.wroc.pl/21319e.php}, volume = {21}, year = {2019} }
TY - JOUR ID - 1593296 AU - Mikeska, Ondřej - Gimunová, Marta - Zvonař, Martin PY - 2019 TI - Assessment of distribution of plantar pressures and foot characteristics during walking in pregnant women JF - Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 49-56 EP - 49-56 SN - 1509409X KW - pregnancy KW - foot KW - pressure KW - force UR - http://www.actabio.pwr.wroc.pl/21319e.php L2 - http://www.actabio.pwr.wroc.pl/21319e.php N2 - Purpose: The main purpose of this research was to analyse the distribution of plantar pressures and foot characteristics during walk-ing between weeks 27 and 36 of pregnancy. The secondary purpose was to test the effect of the customized orthopaedic shoes that wereworn by the experimental group. Methods: Pregnant women (n = 73) were divided into 2 groups, control group (n = 38) and experimentalgroup (n = 35) which completed 5 gait trials on a walkway (1.55m) at a self-selected velocity of gait, where force, pressure and remain-ing foot characteristics were sampled and displayed by Novel database pro m (version 25.3.24). Results: Analysis of foot characteristicsdid not reveal important changes. Analysis of the distribution of plantar pressures revealed few changes in the pre- and post-measurementof the experimental and control groups between weeks 27 and 36 of pregnancy. In the last measurement, there is a significant increase ofpeak pressure only in the midfoot area of the left foot (151.1 ± 41.2 kPa) and in the hindfoot area of the right foot (346.3 ± 104.1) of theexperimental group. The control group exhibits similar pressure development for both of foot. Conclusions: Monitored parameters dem-onstrated in certain areas notably development of force and contact area. Results of foot characteristics did not reveal a significantchanges. As both groups registered similar values in certain areas in a comparison of pre/post measurement characteristics, the influenceof specific orthopaedic shoes cannot be conclusively demonstrated in the experimental group. ER -
MIKESKA, Ondřej, Marta GIMUNOVÁ and Martin ZVONAŘ. Assessment of distribution of plantar pressures and foot characteristics during walking in pregnant women. \textit{Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics}. 2019, vol.~21, No~3, p.~49-56. ISSN~1509-409X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5277/ABB-01373-2019-04.
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