Institute of Motion Analysis and Research (IMAR), University of Dundee, TORT Centre, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland, UK.
Foot Ankle Surg. 2010 Mar;16(1):21-4. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.03.005. Epub 2009 May 13.
Women and men are anatomically and physiologically different in a number of ways. Anthropometric studies have shown considerable differences in the foot bones of both genders. These differences could potentially mean different foot pressures in men and women.
The aim of our study was to investigate any potential foot pressure differences between males and females using the Pedar-M (Novel gmbh, Germany) in-shoe foot pressure measurement system.
Twenty-eight subjects (16 females and 12 males) were recruited. Peak pressure, contact area, contact time, pressure-time integral, force-time integral, instant of peak pressure, maximum force and mean force were recorded and subsequently analysed.
In males, contact area was significantly larger in all regions of the foot compared with females. There were no significant between gender differences in peak pressure, contact time, pressure-time integral and instant of peak pressure. Force-time integral was significantly greater in males than females under the 1st, 3rd, and 4th metatarsal heads. Maximum force was also significantly higher in males under the heel, 1st and 3rd metatarsal heads. Mean force was greater in males under the 3rd metatarsal head.
There were no peak pressure differences; however the contact area of the male foot was larger than that in females.
女性和男性在许多方面存在解剖学和生理学上的差异。人体测量学研究表明，两性的足部骨骼存在相当大的差异。这些差异可能意味着男性和女性的足部压力不同。
我们的研究旨在使用 Pedar-M（德国 Novel gmbh）足底压力测量系统，研究男性和女性之间可能存在的足底压力差异。
招募了 28 名受试者（16 名女性和 12 名男性）。记录并随后分析了峰值压力、接触面积、接触时间、压力-时间积分、力-时间积分、峰值压力瞬间、最大力和平均力。
在男性中，足部所有区域的接触面积均显著大于女性。峰值压力、接触时间、压力-时间积分和峰值压力瞬间在性别间无显著差异。在第 1、3 和 4 跖骨头下，力-时间积分男性显著大于女性。跟骨、第 1 和第 3 跖骨头下，最大力男性也显著高于女性。第 3 跖骨头下，平均力男性更大。
没有峰值压力差异；然而，男性的足部接触面积大于女性。
