TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the electronic baropodometer (EBP) to study dysmetria of the lower limbs: A case report
AU - Sanfilippo, Antonino
AU - Letizia Mauro, Giulia
AU - Gravante, null
AU - Letizia Mauro, null
AU - Russo, null
AU - Letizia Mauro, Giulia
AU - Gravante, null
AU - Letizia Mauro, null
AU - Letizia Mauro, Giulia Letizia
AU - Pomara, Francesco
AU - Sanfilippo, Antonio
AU - Pomara, Francesco
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - An electronic baropodometer was used to study a case of lower limb dysmetria caused by an accident with delayed functional recovery of gait. A static baropodometric test of the patient without shoes and without orthesis revealed plantar imprints with loads within the norm; a static test with shoes but without orthesis showed that the operated right foot carried 42% of the body weight and the pressure peak M was on the second left metatarsal head, while the pressure centres of the individual plantar ("articular") imprints were not equidistant from the ground projection of the body's centre of gravity. In a static baropodometric test with shoes and with external orthesis, the loads were uniformly distributed on the plantar imprints and the articular pressure centres were equidistant from the ground projection of the body's centre of gravity. In the dynamic baropodometric test, the use of orthesis almost completely eliminated the limp characterising the patient's gait and improved all the parameters measured. This study confirms the value of EBP in the diagnostic evaluation and follow-up of patients with dysmetria of the lower limbs.
AB - An electronic baropodometer was used to study a case of lower limb dysmetria caused by an accident with delayed functional recovery of gait. A static baropodometric test of the patient without shoes and without orthesis revealed plantar imprints with loads within the norm; a static test with shoes but without orthesis showed that the operated right foot carried 42% of the body weight and the pressure peak M was on the second left metatarsal head, while the pressure centres of the individual plantar ("articular") imprints were not equidistant from the ground projection of the body's centre of gravity. In a static baropodometric test with shoes and with external orthesis, the loads were uniformly distributed on the plantar imprints and the articular pressure centres were equidistant from the ground projection of the body's centre of gravity. In the dynamic baropodometric test, the use of orthesis almost completely eliminated the limp characterising the patient's gait and improved all the parameters measured. This study confirms the value of EBP in the diagnostic evaluation and follow-up of patients with dysmetria of the lower limbs.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/245680
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 49
EP - 52
JO - Medicina e Chirurgia Della Caviglia e Del Piede
JF - Medicina e Chirurgia Della Caviglia e Del Piede
SN - 2284-2993
ER -