Plantar Pressure and Foot Health of 46 University Students in Shandong

Objective To study the distribution and influencing factors of plantar pressure,and to provide basis for raising college students' foot health consciousness.Methods 46 university students were tested by Footscan USB2 system(RSscan,Belgium) for plantar pressure in walking and surveyed by questionnaire.Results The maximum force exist in the area of heel,then the second metatarsal and the third metatarsal.The minimum force exists in the area of the second to the fifth toes and the fifth metatarsal.The regulation between male and female were same.The distribution of time to maximum force was heel foot arch metatarsals toes.The load rate of heel was the highest during walking,and the load rate of second to the fifth toes was the lowest.And the load rate of left foot was higher than right foot among both male and female.The questionnaire showed that influencing factors of plantar pressure distribution may be different shoes,different exercisese and different attention levels to foot health.Conclusion There are gender difference and left-right foot difference in 46 college students' plantar pressure distribution,and different extent of pes valgus and pes varus exist among them.