Daily-life activities and in-shoe forefoot plantar pressure in patients with diabetes.

Diabetes Res Clin Pract

Department Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Published: August 2007

Objective: To assess differences regarding in-shoe forefoot plantar pressure (PP) in patients with diabetes during various daily-life activities.

Research Design And Methods: In-shoe PP was measured in 93 patients during: level walking, ramp and stair walking, turning in different settings and while performing the Up & Go test. Separate PPs were determined for the big toe and metatarsal (mt) regions one to five.

Results: Across all activities, similar PPs were measured in the big toe and mt-1 to mt-3 region. Lower PPs were measured in mt-4 and mt-5 region. PPs during level walking were mostly higher when compared to the other activities (p
Conclusions: Level walking resulted in the highest forefoot PPs during daily-life activities. Patients with neuropathy had lower PPs than patients without neuropathy.

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