Comparison of Pedobarographic Profile in Young Males with Left and Right Scoliotic Posture

Abstract

Background: Scoliosis alters both posture and gait. Pedobarography is a biomechanical method for assessing gait that has been rarely used in scoliosis-specific gait research. Objective: To determine differences between left and right scoliotic posture in plantar pressure and force gait profile among young males. Methods: Twenty-one young, trained males assigned to one of two groups: left scoliotic posture (LSP; N=12) and right scoliotic posture (RSP; N=9) group. Subjects were assigned to a group based on forward-bending test and controlled for age, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), right and left leg length. All subjects were blinded for group they were assigned and study outcomes. Examiners were blinded for study outcomes. Subjects walked at self-selected speed along the 9,5-meter-long walkway for 2 minutes. Plantar pressures and forces were measured using pedobarographic device Zebris medical FDM 1.5.

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“…Contrary to findings of Aydina et al, 2015, i.e. there is no clinically significant correlation between clinical scores and static pedobarographic measurements, and of Gruić, et al 2016., i.e. plantar pressure and force gait parameters seem to have no diagnostic value in determining scoliosis-specific gait, initial findings in this research, within forward stepwise regression analysis, found clear statistical multiple correlation between clinical scores and dynamic pedobarographic measurements.…”