TY - JOUR
T1 - Timing of peak plantar pressure during the stance phase of walking
T2 - A study of patients with diabetes mellitus and transmetatarsal amputation
AU - Kelly, Valerie E.
AU - Mueller, Michael J.
AU - Sinacore, David R.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - High plantar pressures contribute to skin breakdown in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the point during the stance phase of walking that corresponds with forefoot peak plantar pressures. Results indicate that peak plantar pressures occurred at 80% ± 5% of the stance phase of gait in subjects with diabetes and transmetatarsal amputation, as well as in control subjects. Improved methods of footwear design or walking strategies proposed to patients should focus on the demands of the foot during the late stance phase of walking in order to increase available weightbearing area or to decrease forces, which will minimize plantar pressures and reduce trauma to the neuropathic foot.
AB - High plantar pressures contribute to skin breakdown in patients with diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the point during the stance phase of walking that corresponds with forefoot peak plantar pressures. Results indicate that peak plantar pressures occurred at 80% ± 5% of the stance phase of gait in subjects with diabetes and transmetatarsal amputation, as well as in control subjects. Improved methods of footwear design or walking strategies proposed to patients should focus on the demands of the foot during the late stance phase of walking in order to increase available weightbearing area or to decrease forces, which will minimize plantar pressures and reduce trauma to the neuropathic foot.
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U2 - 10.7547/87507315-90-1-18
DO - 10.7547/87507315-90-1-18
M3 - Article
C2 - 10659528
AN - SCOPUS:0033628880
SN - 8750-7315
VL - 90
SP - 18
EP - 23
JO - Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
JF - Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
IS - 1
ER -