Added body mass alters plantar shear stresses, postural control, and gait kinetics: Implications for obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Obesity is a growing global health concern. The increased body mass and altered mass distribution associated with obesity may be related to increases in plantar shear that putatively leads to physical functional deficits. Therefore, measurement of plantar shear may provide unique insights on the effects of body mass and body distribution on physical function or performance.

Purpose

1) To investigate the effects of body mass and distribution on plantar shear. 2) To examine how altered plantar shear influences postural control and gait kinetics.

Hypothesis

1) a weighted vest forward distributed (FV) would shift the center of pressure (CoP) location forward during standing compared with a weighted vest evenly distributed (EV), 2) FV would increase plantar shear s

SUBMITTER: Jeong H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864670 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature