Influence of pregnancy related anthropometric changes on plantar pressure distribution during gait-A follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As foot constitutes the base of support for the whole body, the pregnancy-related anthropometric changes can result in adaptive plantar pressure alterations. The present study aimed to investigate how pregnancy affects foot loading pattern in gait, and if it is related to body adjustments to growing foetus that occur in the course of pregnancy.

Methods

A prospective longitudinal study included 30 women. Three experimental sessions in accordance with the same procedure were carried out in the first, second and third trimesters of pregnancy. First, the anthropometric measures of the body mass and waist circumference were taken. Then walking trials at a self-selected speed along a ~6-m walkway were registered with the FreeMED force platform (Sensor Medica, Italy). Ve

SUBMITTER: Maslon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8916641 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature