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The purpose of this study was to determine if plantar pressure data in 4-7 year
old children with normal development : (1) required normalising by body mass
and/or body mass index and
(2) should be separated or pooled for boys and girls.
The outcome will guide the management of plantar pressure data in future work
investigating changes in plantar pressure distribution with increasing age. In a
cross-sectional design, 98 British children (45 girls) with no orthopaedic,
neurological or developmental disorders provided plantar pressure measurements
during walking. Peak plantar pressure and plantar pressure time integrals were
obtained from nine areas under the foot: calcaneus, medial and lateral midfoot,
each of the five metatarsals and the hallux. Body weight and body mass index
demonstrated low and weak degrees of association (r</=0.48, p<0.05) with plantar
pressure data. Boys and girls showed no difference in plantar pressures (p<0.05).
Plantar pressure data for 4-7 year olds does not require normalisation with body
mass or body mass index, and can be pooled for boys and girls.
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