Table 4 |
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| Mean values (SD) for the medial and lateral midfoot (N=30) | |||||||||
| Medial midfoot | |||||||||
| Peak pressure (kPa) | Maximum force (%BW) | Contact area (cm2) | |||||||
| Condition | Mean (SD) | % change | p-value | Mean (SD) | % change | p-value | Mean (SD) | % change | p-value |
| Orthosis with no heel skive | 81.9 (27.2) | n/a | n/a | 8.6 (3.8) | n/a | n/a | 14.5 (3.6) | n/a | n/a |
| Orthosis with 2 mm heel skive | 83.7 (23.1) | +2% | 1.000 | 8.9 (4.4) | +4% | 1.000 | 13.9 (4.3) | -4% | 1.000 |
| Orthosis with 4 mm heel skive | 79.5 (24.1) | -3% | 1.000 | 8.5 (4.3) | -0.4% | 1.000 | 14.3 (3.8) | -1% | 1.000 |
| Orthosis with 6 mm heel skive | 79.0 (25.7) | -4% | 1.000 | 8.3 (3.9) | -3% | 1.000 | 14.3 (3.4) | -1% | 1.000 |
| Lateral midfoot | |||||||||
| Peak pressure (kPa) | Maximum force (%BW) | Contact area (cm2) | |||||||
| Condition | Mean (SD) | % change | p-value | Mean (SD) | % change | p-value | Mean (SD) | % change | p-value |
| Orthosis with no heel skive | 91.2 (29.1) | n/a | n/a | 11.9 (4.5) | n/a | n/a | 15.9 (2.9) | n/a | n/a |
| Orthosis with 2 mm heel skive | 92.3 (26.9) | +1% | 1.000 | 12.5 (4.6) | +5% | 1.000 | 16.1 (2.7) | +2% | 1.000 |
| Orthosis with 4 mm heel skive | 87.2 (23.8) | -4% | 1.000 | 11.9 (4.3) | 0 | 1.000 | 16.2 (2.7) | +2% | 1.000 |
| Orthosis with 6 mm heel skive | 87.9 (26.7) | -4% | 1.000 | 11.9 (4.3) | 0 | 1.000 | 16.3 (2.7) | +3% | 0.270 |
*Mean difference significant at the 0.05 level (Bonferroni adjusted) compared to the unmodified orthosis.
Bonanno et al. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2012 5:20 doi:10.1186/1757-1146-5-20
