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International scientific consensus on medical plantar pressure measurement devices: technical requirements and
Claudia Giacomozzi1, Noel Keijsers, Todd Pataky
1Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. claudia.giacomozzi@iss.it
Background:
Since 2006, the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) has been conducting independent scientific activities to standardize the technical assessment of plantar pressure measurement devices (PMDs).
Material And Methods:
On the basis of the ISS results, in 2010 the Pedobarographic Group of the International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics community (i-FAB-PG) promoted a Consensus activity about the main technical requirements for the appropriate use of PMDs. The activity relied on a moodlebased on-line forum, documents exchange, discussions, reviews, meetings and a final survey.
Results:
The participation of clinical and technical researchers, users, and manufacturers, contributed to the delivery of the hereby reported recommendations which specifically regard Medical PMDs in the form of platforms.
Conclusions:
The i-FAB-PG community reached overall agreement on the recommendations, with a few minor objections which are reported and commented in the document. Relevance. The present document, the highest result achievable within a small scientific community, will hopefully represent the starting point of the wider process of establishing official international guidelines or standards, within scientific communities and standardization organizations.
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