Plantar Pressure Characteristics with Foot Postures and Balance Abilities in Indigenous Taiwanese: A Preliminary Exploration

29 October 2024 : Database Analysis

Tong-Hsien Chow

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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.944943

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e944943

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Table 2 Bipedal arch index of the groups in static standing.

	Left foot				Right foot
	Control group	Indigenous group	P-value*	P-value**	Control group	Indigenous group	P-value*
Total	0.22±0.06	0.27±0.09	<0.001	--	0.23±0.07	0.27±0.09	<0.001
Male	0.23 (0.13–0.33)	0.32 (0.15–0.39)	--	<0.001	0.23±0.04	0.31±0.06	0.002
Female	0.22 (0.03–0.35)	0.23 (0.04–0.46)	--	<0.001	0.22±0.08	0.24±0.10	0.038
Normally distributed data are given as mean±SD and non-normally distributed data are expressed as median (IQR). ^* values were determined by the independent sample tests and ^** values were determined by the Mann-Whitney U test between the control group (=183; male=95, female=88) and the Indigenous group (=165; male=83, female=82).

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