Pedobarographic Features of Gait Measured by FDM1.5 PMD

Igor Gruic, Karlo Cebovic, Josipa Radas, Filip Bolcevic, Vladimir Medved

2015

Abstract

Backgrounds: Main objective was to evaluate methods for assessment of pedobarographic features of gait using FDM1.5 pressure measuring device (PMD) - within complete gait analysis, with regard to device, protocol&data analysis, specifically to basic morphology and certain distinctive characteristics. Methods: Protocol was standardized for descriptive&inferential statistical methods (63 quantitative variables). Participants characteristics (n=22; 13 male&9 female): age 14-35 y.o., average 172,56cm body height, average 73.11kg body mass (19.47 BMI), with minimum of 5 years of regular sport&recreational activities. Results: Protocol output was consistent for repeated measurement of an individual. Tested differences between genders, before&after ‘partialization’ of results (excluded influence of longitudinal dimensionality), in both cases reveal significance in: Stride width (t_GSW=4.15), Step time_L (t_TSTL=2.88), Step time_R (t_TSTR=3.59), bilateral asymmetry in Step time (t_TST_D=3.32), Cadence (t_TC=-3.44) on p<0.01 level, and Ant/Post position (t_BAP=2.33), bilateral asymmetry in Time to change heel to forefoot(t_LTP_D=2.26), Time maximum force Midfoot_D % of stance time (t_TMAXM=2.33), and bilateral asymmetry in Contact time Heel (t_CH_D=2.33), on p<0.05 level. Differences in barefoot/footwear gait were specially expressed in variable MAXPH (t= -8.84, p<0.05). Conclusions: Statistical tools, such as partializations of the results by specific characteristic which tend to increase heterogeneity, may standardize&improve the power of the protocol and method.

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Gruic I., Cebovic K., Radas J., Bolcevic F. and Medved V. (2015). Pedobarographic Features of Gait Measured by FDM1.5 PMD . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS, ISBN 978-989-758-159-5, pages 66-71. DOI: 10.5220/0005662800660071


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@conference{icsports15,
author={Igor Gruic and Karlo Cebovic and Josipa Radas and Filip Bolcevic and Vladimir Medved},
title={Pedobarographic Features of Gait Measured by FDM1.5 PMD},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,},
year={2015},
pages={66-71},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005662800660071},
isbn={978-989-758-159-5},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,
TI - Pedobarographic Features of Gait Measured by FDM1.5 PMD
SN - 978-989-758-159-5
AU - Gruic I.
AU - Cebovic K.
AU - Radas J.
AU - Bolcevic F.
AU - Medved V.
PY - 2015
SP - 66
EP - 71
DO - 10.5220/0005662800660071