In Vivo Plantar Pressures in Adult-Acquired Flatfoot Compared to Control Using an Intraoperative Pedobarographic Device.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intraoperative pedobarography has the potential to aid surgical decisions, but no parameters exist to guide its use.

Questions/purposes

This study compared supine plantar pressures between flatfoot patients and controls using a previously validated intraoperative pedobarographic device and examined associations between supine, walking, and standing plantar pressures.

Methods

Ten preoperative patients with stage II adult-acquired flatfoot deformity (AAFD) were compared to ten healthy controls. Supine plantar pressures were assessed using the pedobarographic device. Standing and walking plantar pressures were assessed with an EMED-XT sensor array (Novel). Maximum force (MF) and peak pressure (PP) were calculated for nine anatomical foot regions adjusting for

SUBMITTER: MacMahon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5481264 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature