Table 2 Mean baropodometry parameters of patients with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain and healthy controls
From: Gait in children and adolescents with idiopathic musculoskeletal pain
Study | Control | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | (n = 32) | (n = 32) | P value | ||
Mean velocity of the right foot (# mm/s) | 284.40 | 54.1 | 311.10 | 54.5 | 0.034* |
Mean velocity of the left foot (# mm/s) | 286.10 | 44.8 | 309.50 | 53.3 | 0.063 |
Step time (# s) | 3.00 | 0.83 | 2.56 | 0.51 | 0.003* |
Pace (# steps/second) | 1.41 | 0.19 | 1.56 | 0.2 | 0.001* |
Right static mean pressure (# kpa) | 37.30 | 12.4 | 35.30 | 12.1 | 0.517 |
Left static mean pressure (# kpa) | 40.10 | 8.1 | 38.60 | 10.5 | 0.519 |
Right body strength surface (# cm2) | 81.50 | 17.5 | 87.40 | 13.9 | 0.135 |
Left body strength surface (# cm2) | 84.20 | 16.4 | 87.10 | 16.7 | 0.478 |
Right forefoot load distribution (%) | 19.20 | 5.1 | 20.20 | 5.2 | 0.432 |
Left forefoot load distribution (%) | 21.80 | 5.1 | 20.30 | 4.9 | 0.250 |
Load distribution in the right hindfoot (%) | 27.30 | 5.9 | 27.30 | 7.8 | 0.999 |
Load distribution in the left hindfoot (%) | 31.70 | 7.8 | 32.10 | 7.2 | 0.826 |
Center of force of the right foot (# cm2) | 2.03 | 2.89 | 3.61 | 5.09 | 0.888 |
Center of force of the left foot (# cm2) | 1.52 | 2.04 | 3.09 | 5.44 | 0.417 |
Mean center of force of the body (# cm2) | 4.68 | 4.04 | 5.99 | 6.57 | 0.727 |