Dynamic data in obese children may suggest gait compensation

istockphoto.com #9709469 Low force values surprise researchers By Christina Hall Nettles An Austrian study exploring the role of genu valgum and flatfoot in obese and normal weight children found obesity was associated with higher peak plantar pres­sures, but lower maximum force while walking, when forces were normalized to body weight. The findings suggest compensation may occur in gait and that dynamic measures may be more clinically important than static views. Lead author Robert Bernecker, MS, and his team at the University Clinic for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Salzburg, Austria, analyzed 34 children, 13 of whom were obese (mean body mass index of 31.2) and had genu valgum and/or flatfoot

istockphoto.com #9709469 Low force values surprise researchers By Christina Hall Nettles An Austrian study exploring the role of genu valgum and flatfoot in obese and normal weight children found obesity was associated with higher peak plantar pres­sures, but lower maximum force while walking, when forces were normalized to body weight. The findings suggest compensation may occur in gait and that dynamic measures may be more clinically important than static views. Lead author Robert Bernecker, MS, and his team at the University Clinic for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation in Salzburg, Austria, analyzed 34 children, 13 of whom were obese (mean body mass index of 31.2) and had genu valgum and/or flatfoot

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Dynamic data in obese children may suggest gait compensation

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