Pressure Distribution of Diabetic Patients after Sensory-Motor Training with Unstable Shoe Construction

Fragestellung: In 2000 Abboud et al. showed an earlier initial contact time for all five metatarsal heads and a later occurrence of the maximum pressure in diabetic patients indicating an increased pressure contact time of the forefoot in diabetic patients. In addition they found a delay of eccentric contraction of the tibialis anterior muscle (TA) wich supports the view that TA-dysfunction leads to forefoot slap which in turn leads to higher pressure values and longer contact duration under the metatarsal heads in diabetic patients when compared to normal subjects. Recently changes of gait pattern when walking…