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Table 5.

Simulated peak and average plantar pressures (MPa) and their percentage changes (%) with respect to (w.r.t.) the baseline values in response to the change in vertical ground reaction force $F_{y}$ in ten plantar regions

Plantar region	Vertical ground reaction force $F_{y}$ in N (percentage change w.r.t. baseline)
Plantar region	349.33 ( $-$ 10%)	368.75 ( $-$ 5%)	388.15 (Baseline)	407.56 ( $+$ 5%)	426.97 ( $+$ 10%)
Peak plantar pressure in MPa (percentage change % w.r.t. baseline)
Heel-medial	0.208 ( $-$ 4.15)	0.212 ( $-$ 2.30)	0.217	0.230 ( $+$ 5.99)	0.249 ( $+$ 14.75)
Heel-lateral	0.165 ( $-$ 7.82)	0.171 ( $-$ 4.47)	0.179	0.195 ( $+$ 8.94)	0.206 ( $+$ 15.08)
Mid-foot	0.052 ( $-$ 17.46)	0.058 ( $-$ 7.93)	0.063	0.065 ( $+$ 3.17)	0.072 ( $+$ 14.28)
Meta 5	0.078 ( $-$ 8.23)	0.081 ( $-$ 4.71)	0.085	0.093 ( $+$ 9.41)	0.098 ( $+$ 15.29)
Meta 4	0.059 ( $-$ 18.06)	0.067 ( $-$ 6.94)	0.072	0.074 ( $+$ 2.78)	0.076 ( $+$ 5.56)
Meta 3	0.050 ( $-$ 5.66)	0.051 ( $-$ 3.78)	0.053	0.057 ( $+$ 7.55)	0.062 ( $+$ 16.98)
Meta 2	0.041 ( $-$ 6.82)	0.043 ( $-$ 2.27)	0.044	0.048 ( $+$ 9.09)	0.051 ( $+$ 15.91)
Meta 1	0.038 ( $-$ 7.32)	0.039 ( $-$ 4.88)	0.041	0.043 ( $+$ 4.87)	0.045 ( $+$ 9.76)
Toe 2–5	0.025 ( $-$ 19.35)	0.029 ( $-$ 6.45)	0.031	0.035 ( $+$ 12.90)	0.038 ( $+$ 22.58)
Toe 1	0.047 ( $-$ 9.62)	0.051 ( $-$ 1.92)	0.052	0.057 ( $+$ 9.61)	0.059 ( $+$ 13.46)
Average plantar pressure in MPa (percentage change % w.r.t. baseline)
Heel-medial	0.179 ( $-$ 2.19)	0.182 ( $-$ 0.55)	0.183	0.189 ( $+$ 3.51)	0.197 ( $+$ 7.65)
Heel-lateral	0.132 ( $-$ 4.35)	0.136 ( $-$ 1.45)	0.138	0.146 ( $+$ 5.95)	0.151 ( $+$ 9.42)
Mid-foot	0.049 ( $-$ 7.55)	0.051 ( $-$ 3.77)	0.053	0.054 ( $+$ 1.89)	0.056 ( $+$ 5.66)
Meta 5	0.060 ( $-$ 7.69)	0.063 ( $-$ 3.08)	0.065	0.069 ( $+$ 6.15)	0.071 ( $+$ 9.23)
Meta 4	0.057 ( $-$ 8.06)	0.059 ( $-$ 4.84)	0.062	0.063 ( $+$ 1.61)	0.065 ( $+$ 4.84)
Meta 3	0.030 ( $-$ 6.25)	0.031 ( $-$ 3.12)	0.032	0.034 ( $+$ 6.25)	0.035 ( $+$ 9.37)
Meta 2	0.029 ( $-$ 9.37)	0.031 ( $-$ 3.12)	0.032	0.035 ( $+$ 9.37)	0.036 ( $+$ 12.50)
Meta 1	0.032 ( $-$ 3.03)	0.033 ( $-$ 0.01)	0.033	0.034 ( $+$ 3.03)	0.035 ( $+$ 6.06)
Toe 2–5	0.019 ( $-$ 9.52)	0.020 ( $-$ 4.76)	0.021	0.022 ( $+$ 4.76)	0.024 ( $+$ 14.28)
Toe 1	0.029 ( $-$ 9.37)	0.031 ( $-$ 3.12)	0.032	0.034 ( $+$ 6.25)	0.036 ( $+$ 12.50)