title: Normal values of plantar pressure measurements determined using the EMED-SF system.
abstract: Plantar pressure-measurement technology is being increasingly used by podiatric physicians and surgeons in both clinical practice and research. The authors present normal reference-range values for peak pressure, mean pressure, and pressure-time integral obtained from 30 healthy subjects using a two-step recording technique and the EMED-SF system, as background for proposed clinical trials. Normative data of this type are essential for clinical practice in the comparison of plantar pressure-measurement values of individual patients with those of normal, asymptomatic feet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Podiatry, School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tinley
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011032:Podiatry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011312:Pressure; D012016:Reference Values; D012107:Research Design