Plantar Pressure Differences between Male Footballers and Sedentary Elders

Authors : İzzet KIRKAYA, Deniz ŞİMŞEK, Günay YILDIZER, Elvin Onarıcı GÜNGÖR

Pages : 172-181

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Publication Date : 2018-06-22

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In our study that we aimed to see the differences between footballers’ plantar pressure distribution and sedentary individuals’ in total 31 males [insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FG);n=19; age=20.66±1.31 years; body length=178.7±4.64 cm; body weight=75,3±6.1kg);, 12 sedentary volunteers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=12; age= 21.05±2.3 years; body length=177.5±4.8cm; body weight=73.55±8.69 kg);] participated. Right, and left foot dynamic plantar pressures were obtained at 100Hz sample speed with the method of 5 steps dynamic walking. The foot was separated into masks by being divided into 14 different pieces. “MH1: 1. Metatarsal head, MH2: 2. Metatarsal head, MH3: 3. Metatarsal head, MH4: 4. Metatarsal head, MH5: 5. metatarsal head, big toe, 2nd toe, 3rd 4th 5th toes, forefoot, mid foot, hind foot and total foot”. Peak pressure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PP – kPa);, maximal force insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MFN);, contact area insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CA - cm2);, contact time insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CT– ms); Maximal force normalized to body weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MFNBW); values were calculated for total foot. Whether there are significant differences between the groups were tested with independent sample t-tests by using SPSS 20.0 software. It is seen that statistically significant differences between football and sedentary groups are in the parameters of MH1 left foot peak pressure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FG:177,8947±76,87; SG:270,9091±161,83);, MH4 mean pressure right foot insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FG:113,1444±27,75; SG:88,8058±37,41);, MH5 max force right foot insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FG:42,3667±10,33; SG:29,9917±12,94); and MH5 mean pressure right foot insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(FG: 66,5156±18,85; SG:46,94±19,36);. It might be reached as a result that the main reason of differences in plantar pressure distribution emerged between FG and SG groups is the intense workout and these pieces’ being used much. 
Keywords : plantar pressure, foot, pedography