title: International scientific consensus on medical plantar pressure measurement devices: technical requirements and performance.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Since 2006, the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) has been conducting independent scientific activities to standardize the technical assessment of plantar pressure measurement devices (PMDs).
  
  
  METHODS
  On the basis of the ISS results, in 2010 the Pedobarographic Group of the International Foot and Ankle Biomechanics community (i-FAB-PG) promoted a Consensus activity about the main technical requirements for the appropriate use of PMDs. The activity relied on a moodlebased on-line forum, documents exchange, discussions, reviews, meetings and a final survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participation of clinical and technical researchers, users, and manufacturers, contributed to the delivery of the hereby reported recommendations which specifically regard Medical PMDs in the form of platforms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The i-FAB-PG community reached overall agreement on the recommendations, with a few minor objections which are reported and commented in the document. Relevance. The present document, the highest result achievable within a small scientific community, will hopefully represent the starting point of the wider process of establishing official international guidelines or standards, within scientific communities and standardization organizations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Tecnologie e Salute, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. claudia.giacomozzi@iss.it
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giacomozzi
authors.forename: Noel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Keijsers
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pataky
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
mesh_terms: D000842:Ankle / Q000502:physiology; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011312:Pressure; D012015:Reference Standards