Impact of a 12-month exercise program on the temporal parameters of the foot rollover during walking in postmenopausal women.

Objective: A randomized controlled trial was undertaken to determine the impact of a 12-month exercise program on the temporal characteristics of the foot rollover during walking, based on plantar pressure data.

Methods: One hundred twenty one postmenopausal women aged 41 to 77 years comprised the sample and were randomly recruited from the community. Exercise and control women were tested before and at the end of the trial.

Temporal parameters of the foot roll-over during walking: influence of obesity and sarcopenic obesity on postmenopausal women.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to establish a reference dataset for temporal parameters on postmenopausal women during walking and to explore the effect of obesity and sarcopenic obesity on the same parameters.

Methods: Based on plantar pressure data collected from 239 postmenopausal women, the initial contact, final contact, time to peak pressure and the duration of contact at the 10 anatomical areas of the foot considered were measured. Body composition was evaluated by octopolar bioimpedance.

Exercise effects in plantar pressure of postmenopausal women.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a 12-month moderate-to-vigorous exercise program on plantar pressure among postmenopausal women.

Methods: A total of 121 white postmenopausal women participated in a randomized controlled trial (60 women in the exercise group and 61 women in the control group). Women in the exercise group attended training sessions of 60 minutes, 3 days per week, on nonconsecutive days.