Table 3.
Average values (rounded to the unit) of plantar pressure measured in different studies with diabetic and non-diabetic (healthy) participants. Abbreviations: MH 1 - first metatarsal head, MH 2/3 - second/third metatarsal heads, MH 4/5 - fourth/fifth metatarsal heads, ML - midfoot lateral.
| Author, year | Target Sample | Used device | Average plantar pressure values (kPa) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallux | MH 1 | MH 2/3 | MH 4/5 | ML | Heel | |||
| Amemyia et al., 2016 [46] | 3 non-diabetics | Plantar system with triaxial pressure sensors (system developed by the author) | – | 172 | 319 | 158 | – | – |
| Ledoux et al., 2013 [127] | 596 diabetics with: ulceration potential & with ulcer |
F-Scan [31] | 200 & 172 |
242 & 383 |
308 & 362 |
177 & 220 |
141 & 267 |
266 & 241 |
| Lung et al., 2016 [94] | 8 non-diabetics & 19 diabetics |
F-Scan [31] | 297 & 489 |
320 & 510 |
400 & 390 |
– & – |
– & – |
280 & 280 |
| Martinez et al., 2008 [85] | 45 non-diabetics | BioFoot [163] | 178 | 359 | 585 | 159 | – | – |
| Ostadabbas et al., 2012 [44] | 11 non-diabetics | Insole with FSR sensors (system developed by the author) | 124 | 95 | 114 | 68 | – | 185 |
| Pataky et al., 2005 [60] | 15 non-diabetics & 15 diabetics (right foot) |
Insole with FSR sensors (system developed by the author) | 101 & 205 |
160 & 137 |
221 & 205 |
97 & 160 |
– & – |
321 & 187 |
| Pataky et al., 2005 [60] | 15 non-diabetics & 15 diabetics (left foot) |
Insole with FSR sensors (system developed by the author) | 104 & 165 |
146 & 140 |
220 & 179 |
91 & 174 |
– & – |
298 & 184 |
| Reints et al., 2017 [136] | 30 non-diabetics | Pedar insole [32] | 139 | 98 | 108 | 91 | 25 | 130 |