Distribution of the Highest Plantar Pressure Regions in Patients with Diabetes and Its Association with Peripheral Neuropathy, Gender, Age, and BMI: One Centre Study

Edyta Sutkowska, Krzysztof Sutkowski, Michał Sokołowski, Edward Franek, Szymon Dragan Sr, Edyta Sutkowska, Krzysztof Sutkowski, Michał Sokołowski, Edward Franek, Szymon Dragan Sr

Abstract

The abnormal plantar pressure distribution and value play a key role in the formation of plantar calluses and diabetic foot ulcer. The prevalence of the highest pressure different distribution and its association with various factors among patients with diabetes is not well known. The study purpose was to evaluate the prevalence of different regions for the highest pressure on the sole and its association with selected factors among patients with diabetes. Medical records of nonulcer patients were retrospectively analysed. The relationship between pressure patterns on the sole obtained during a pedobarographic test as a semiquantitative assessment with colourful print analysis and neuropathy, gender, age, and BMI was searched. The most common location of the highest pressure was the central part of the forefoot. No association was found between the different highest pressure regions and age, sensory neuropathy, calluses, and foot deformities. The highest pressure on the lateral part of the foot and midfoot was observed more often in females and in patients with a BMI ≥ 35. The prevalence of the highest pressure on the forefoot was more common in patients with a BMI < 35. Conclusions. The most frequent regions of the highest pressure on the sole in patients with diabetes were the central part of the forefoot (2-3 metatarsal heads) with no simple relationship to the assessed variables other than BMI < 35. Female gender and higher BMI seem to be responsible for shifting the place of the highest pressure to other places of the foot.

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Examples of abnormal plantar pressure distribution (APD) for P1, P2, and P3.

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