Sexual Dimorphism in Plantar Pressure Distribution Patterns.

ABSTRACT: Efficient management of foot disorders requires knowledge of plausible sexual dimorphic differences in the foot structure and function. Knowledge about foot dimorphism is yet unsettled. In the present study, we mapped the multizone plantar pressure distribution in a cohort of 298 healthy subjects of both sexes using the piezoelectric pedobarographic recordings. We investigated the hypothesis that sexual foot dimorphism would entail differences in plantar pressure distribution. We delved into the issue using the k-nearest neighbors' classifier (k-NN), a supervised machine learning algorithm, to predict the correct foot phenotype classification based on the plantar pressure and anthropometric and structural features. Based on the similarity measures, the classifier assigns unknown input data

SUBMITTER: Lorkowski J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721814 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature