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Clinical Assessment of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients and Older Adults
Published on: November 7, 2014
RELIABILITY OF WIRELESS INSOLE BAROPODOMETRY OF NORMAL INDIVIDUAL'S GAIT
Larissa Barbosa Oliveira1,2, Daniel Augusto Maranho1,3, Alberto Cliquet1
1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
The plantar pressure distribution can be assessed quantitatively by computerized baropodometry such as carpet or insole. An insole-type system with wireless transmission was developed and plantar pressure results were previously validated by force platform. However, the reproducibility of the system had not been determined. Our objective was to evaluate the reliability of the results in different gait cycles, clinical characteristics and in different plantar anatomical sites.
Methods:
41 healthy adults (age, 34 ± 13 years; body mass index, 25 ± 5 kg/m2; 26 [63%], male, 26 [63%] practicing physical activity) were evaluated. Baropodometer evaluations were performed in 3 walking cycles with 100 m each, and the reliability between the cycles was examined. Pressure points on the heel, first metatarsal, fifth metatarsal and total plantar pressure were analyzed and compared.
Results:
Moderate agreement was identified between the second and third cycles (ICC, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.14-0.83). Physical activity practitioners showed higher total plantar pressure (70.8 vs 68.2 Kpa; p = 0.04) and higher pressure in the heel (70.7 vs 68.1 Kpa; p = 0.036) in relation to sedentary ones.
Conclusion:
The insole was able to assess plant pressure with moderate reliability from the adaptation period.
