RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF FOOTSCAN PLATE SYSTEM IN MEASUREMENT OF PLANTAR PRESSURE OF SPASTIC DIPLEGIA CHILDREN
Journal Title: Revista de Pielărie Încălţăminte - Year 2015, Vol 15, Issue 4
Abstract
This study was aimed at evaluating the reliability of Footscan plate system when measuring pressure in spastic diplegia children (CP). Eighteen CP and 36 typical developed counterparts (TD) with similar age, height and weight were recruited and their plantar pressure was measured in at least five trials. Three-mask model was applied and plantar regions were divided into: forefoot, mid foot and hind foot, under which peak pressure (PP) (N/cm2), relative pressure time integral (PTIrel) (%) and relative contact area (CArel) (%) were calculated. Coefficient of variance (CoV) and intra class coefficient (ICC) were explored for each variable and region. Our outcomes show that in terms of CP, with the increasing of test times, ICC of PP increased, while those of PTIrel and CArel were lowered; additionally, ICC of TD of each pressure variable successively improved. A similar tendency was found for CoV. Considering entire feet of CP and five measurements, reliability of CArel was the best in the three areas; whereas PP and PTIrel were demonstrated to be less reliable, except for the midfoot area. In contrast, reliabilities of TD were shown to be good for all pressure variables under all three regions. Overall, reliability of Footscan plate system in the study of CP was moderate in most variables and under most plantar regions. Thereby, by increasing the test times to no less than five, this protocol could be applied in the clinical and scientific investigation of CP children.
Authors and Affiliations
Ting LI, Binqian LI, Wuyong CHEN, Jianxin WU, Bo XU, Jin ZHOU
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP536239
- DOI -
- Views 105
- Downloads 0
PRACTICES ON ECOLOGICAL CHROMIUM TANNING SYSTEM
Chromium tanning using less chromium salts at higher initial pH values is one of the approaches offered in recent years in order to overcome environmental problems caused by conventional chromium tanning. However this sy...
FINISHING PRODUCT FOR IMPROVING ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES OF LEATHER
Some biocides used in the leather industry have a certain toxicity and are prohibited by the directives in force. A product with antifungal properties containing coriander essential oil was tested as finishing auxiliary...
INFLUENCE OF TREADS GROOVE, HARDNESS AND CONTAMINANTS ON THE SLIP RESISTANCE OF OUTSOLE OF HIGH-HEELED SHOES
The aim of this study was to explore the interaction effects of hardness (75A, 80A, 90A), structures of tread groove (spacing, width, depth and orientation) and contaminants (dry, wet and vegetable oil) on coefficient of...
PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND SHAPES OF FOOT UNDER LONG-TERM LOADS
In this paper, we use instruments to scan the feet of athletes with no foot disease or previous injury from Beijing Sport University and ordinary college students from Tsinghua University and obtain the foot shapes and t...
THE INFLUENCE OF COMPATIBILISER ON THE PROPERTIES OF POLYMER COMPOSITES
Thermoplastic polymers are materials of the future, with special properties, depending on the type of elastomer, the degree of reinforcement, the type of reinforcement material, the functionalization of the reinforcing m...