Table 2.
Plantar pressure measurements in both groups
| Regions | HV with metatarsalgia (n = 47) |
HV without metatarsalgia (n = 47) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Maximum Force (N) | T1 | 84.0 | 32.3 | 74.9 | 21.3 | 0.009 |
| T2-T5 | 37.2 | 22.2 | 32.6 | 16.3 | 0.25 | |
| MH1 | 90.7 | 27.2 | 74.7 | 28.3 | 0.007 | |
| MH2 | 95.4 | 21.3 | 89.2 | 25.6 | 0.20 | |
| MH3 | 109.5 | 25.0 | 102.4 | 25.0 | 0.17 | |
| MH4 | 91.0 | 27.8 | 83.3 | 22.0 | 0.14 | |
| MH5 | 40.6 | 16.7 | 37.0 | 11.8 | 0.23 | |
| MMF | 69.4 | 36.1 | 75.3 | 36.9 | 0.43 | |
| LMF | 122.7 | 44.8 | 119.8 | 34.9 | 0.39 | |
| MRF | 136.0 | 33.7 | 128.3 | 26.7 | 0.22 | |
| LRF | 123.8 | 46.0 | 113.2 | 40.5 | 0.24 | |
| Mean Force (N) | T1 | 42.3 | 17.5 | 33.1 | 10.4 | 0.003 |
| T2-T5 | 18.4 | 12.0 | 15.5 | 8.1 | 0.17 | |
| MH1 | 46.1 | 13.6 | 41.0 | 16.4 | 0.10 | |
| MH2 | 54.2 | 13.4 | 52.3 | 15.4 | 0.50 | |
| MH3 | 63.9 | 14.3 | 60.9 | 14.5 | 0.30 | |
| MH4 | 53.1 | 16.7 | 48.3 | 12.7 | 0.12 | |
| MH5 | 20.4 | 9.0 | 19.4 | 7.8 | 0.60 | |
| MMF | 35.2 | 22.8 | 39.5 | 20.6 | 0.33 | |
| LMF | 63.8 | 28.2 | 68.6 | 22.9 | 0.36 | |
| MRF | 88.6 | 21.9 | 83.6 | 19.6 | 0.24 | |
| LRF | 74.0 | 27.9 | 69.5 | 25.6 | 0.41 | |
| Peak pressure (KPa) | T1 | 783.2 | 198.7 | 682.0 | 184.8 | 0.01 |
| T2-T5 | 661.7 | 212.1 | 622.2 | 190.0 | 0.34 | |
| MH1 | 856.9 | 250.1 | 778.0 | 218.7 | 0.10 | |
| MH2 | 971.9 | 234.8 | 911.9 | 234.0 | 0.21 | |
| MH3 | 992.4 | 247.9 | 930.0 | 248.7 | 0.19 | |
| MH4 | 916.6 | 255.0 | 857.1 | 214.2 | 0.22 | |
| MH5 | 685.2 | 310.7 | 619.6 | 224.6 | 0.24 | |
| MMF | 732.2 | 155.3 | 754.3 | 168.0 | 0.50 | |
| LMF | 821.4 | 217.2 | 811.4 | 176.8 | 0.80 | |
| MRF | 799.2 | 230.6 | 762.0 | 220.0 | 0.42 | |
| LRF | 817.0 | 203.1 | 797.4 | 207.4 | 0.64 | |
| Mean pressure (KPa) | T1 | 328.4 | 91.1 | 296.0 | 71.3 | 0.04 |
| T2-T5 | 315.0 | 111.6 | 281.6 | 77.4 | 0.09 | |
| MH1 | 355.7 | 85.9 | 345.9 | 107.0 | 0.62 | |
| MH2 | 470.7 | 91.2 | 469.7 | 108.9 | 0.96 | |
| MH3 | 510.8 | 85.6 | 499.3 | 78.4 | 0.49 | |
| MH4 | 455.7 | 116.0 | 452.4 | 83.4 | 0.14 | |
| MH5 | 337.0 | 108.2 | 313.6 | 79.4 | 0.22 | |
| MMF | 322.8 | 60.3 | 332.0 | 72.4 | 0.50 | |
| LMF | 384.7 | 85.6 | 389.3 | 72.4 | 0.77 | |
| MRF | 394.5 | 80.6 | 386.3 | 85.3 | 0.63 | |
| LRF | 415.9 | 123.5 | 388.9 | 94.3 | 0.23 | |
| Pressure–time integral (N/cm2s) | T1 | 37.7 | 18.6 | 34.6 | 14.9 | 0.37 |
| T2-T5 | 17.3 | 12.8 | 16.6 | 9.2 | 0.77 | |
| MH1 | 57.0 | 19.1 | 50.1 | 21.3 | 0.10 | |
| MH2 | 65.5 | 16.7 | 64.7 | 20.1 | 0.84 | |
| MH3 | 77.4 | 16.3 | 75.9 | 20.9 | 0.68 | |
| MH4 | 63.2 | 20.0 | 60.3 | 16.8 | 0.45 | |
| MH5 | 25.7 | 10.4 | 24.1 | 12.7 | 0.87 | |
| MMF | 39.5 | 27.5 | 45.1 | 28.9 | 0.34 | |
| LMF | 62.4 | 26.9 | 74.5 | 38.5 | 0.08 | |
| MRF | 71.9 | 25.6 | 70.0 | 30.1 | 0.74 | |
| LRF | 63.5 | 26.1 | 64.1 | 36.8 | 0.93 | |
Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation
T1 great toe, T2—T5 second to fifth toes, MH1 first metatarsal head, MH2 second metatarsal head, MH3 third metatarsal head, MH4 fourth metatarsal head, MH5 fifth metatarsal head, MMF medial midfoot, LMF lateral midfoot, MRF medial rearfoot, LRF lateral rearfoot