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Only a few methods have been reported in the recent literature for measuring the forces under human feet in normal and abnormal cases. The purpose of the present investigation was to study whether the static weight distribution under feet on the parafrontal plane can be used as a measure of lower extremity disability by using a system of load cells as transducers. Three postpolio cases, three lower extremity amputees and three Perthes disease victims constituted the test group and five normal healthy adult males with sedentary habits formed the control group in this preliminary study. Normalised weight distribution under the right and left foot of each test group subject has been compared with the mean and s.d. of the control group. The test group subjects showed different degrees of variation from the control group in the static-weight-distribution pattern according to their disability.
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Ghosh, A.K., Tibarewala, D.N., Mukherjee, P. et al. Preliminary study on static weight distribution under the human foot as a measure of lower extremity disability. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 17, 737–741 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02441555
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