title: Foot loading patterns can be changed by deliberately walking with in-toeing or out-toeing gait modifications.
abstract: The present study shows how foot loading patterns may be deliberately altered by either in-toeing or out-toeing gait during barefoot walking. The results indicate that in-toeing increasingly loads the lateral aspects of the midfoot and forefoot by as much as 61% and 49%, respectively, whereas out-toeing intensifies the load on the medial aspect, i.e. predominantly the medial midfoot and medial forefoot by as much as 72% and 52%. These findings are being discussed with respect to the potential benefits of consciously altering the gait pattern in order to off-load certain plantar regions.
authors.affiliation: Movement Analysis Lab, Institute for Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Germany. Electronic address: diro@uni-muenster.de.
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D005545:Forefoot, Human / Q000502:physiology; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Foot loading; Foot progression angle; In-toeing; Out-toeing; Pedobarography