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A comparison of barefoot walking and running: plantar pressure changes

The foot is one of the most complex structures of the human body and it acts as the interface between the body and the ground (Crompton and Pataky 2009). During locomotion, both walking and running, the functions of the foot are diverse: shock absorption, stability and propulsion. To understand how the foot interacts with the ground plantar pressure measurements are most often used as they allow to study the forces underneath local anatomical structures. To date walking (Rosenbaum et al. 1994) and running (De Cock et al. 2005) have been studied intensively but the comparison between barefoot walking and running remains open for study although it might provide us with the knowledge on foot dynamics during different types of locomotion. Therefore the aim of the present study was to investigate the differences in plantar pressure between barefoot walking and running at selfpaced speed.