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Gait speed has been shown to influence foot loading patterns in adults but the
mechanism has not been investigated in children. The present study investigated
the effects of changes in gait speed on foot loading characteristics in 20
typically developing children who participated in plantar pressure measurements
at normal, slow and fast walking speeds. In spite of shorter contact times in the
fast walking speed condition, significantly increased foot loading was seen in
the hindfoot, medial and central forefoot and toes while it slightly decreased in
the lateral midfoot and forefoot. The results generally confirm the findings in
adults that gait speed does not uniformly affect foot loading characteristics and
that these effects should be kept in mind when comparing different subject groups
or children at repeated measurement occasions.
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