PAPPI: Personalized analysis of plantar pressure images using statistical modelling and parametric mapping.

ABSTRACT: Quantitative analyses of plantar pressure images typically occur at the group level and under the assumption that individuals within each group display homogeneous pressure patterns. When this assumption does not hold, a personalized analysis technique is required. Yet, existing personalized plantar pressure analysis techniques work at the image level, leading to results that can be unintuitive and difficult to interpret. To address these limitations, we introduce PAPPI: the Personalized Analysis of Plantar Pressure Images. PAPPI is built around the statistical modelling of the relationship between plantar pressures in healthy controls and their demographic characteristics. This statistical model then serves as the healthy baseline to which an individual's real plantar pressures are compar

SUBMITTER: Booth BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7046232 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature