Characteristics of Plantar Pressure between Old People and Young Students Walking on Flat / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the characteristics of plantar pressure between old and young people walking on flat. Methods 30 per-sons aged 55-65 years and 30 students aged 18-23 years were measured with a kind of plantar pressure measurement Footscan when they walked naturally, including impulse, max force, load rate of 10 regions, and distribution of the contact area of medial and lateral heels. Re-sults The impulse was significantly different in 7 regions between both sides in the old people, and in 3 regions in the students. The impulse was significantly less in the old people than in the students (P0.05). Conclusion The impulse, max force, load rate de-crease in the old people with the imbalance of distribution of the pressure between left and right.