Significance of Gait and Plantar Pressure Analysis System Applied in Children's Foot Screening

Plantar health of human beings is extremely important.

Because the human foot serves as the starting point of the human kinetic chain, the development status of the arch, gait condition and balance ability are directly related to the healthy growth of the spine, pelvis and even the whole body bones.

Children’s bones are in a rapid growth and development stage, so regular examinations at this period are highly necessary.

Conducting regular children’s foot screening through the gait and plantar pressure distribution system has the following functions:

1. It can detect occult foot and gait abnormalities in children.

Children’s foot arches are generally gradually formed between the age of 6 to 12 years old.

Some developmental abnormalities have no obvious symptoms or visible manifestations in the early stage, which are hard to observe through external appearance, while they can be easily identified by the plantar pressure distribution system.

Plantar pressure equipment can detect potential foot problems such as flat feet, high arches, pigeon-toe, splay-foot, scissor gait and hemiplegic gait. If these hidden foot problems are detected in a timely manner, early prevention and early intervention can be realized, preventing foot conditions from deteriorating and even achieving thorough correction of foot disorders.

If foot problems are not discovered until they become severe, far greater costs will be required for subsequent correction.


2. Establish periodic dynamic monitoring files.

Children’s foot development presents phased characteristics.

Plantar pressure measurement results vary at different age stages.

Periodic detection of plantar pressure distribution, such as measurement every about six months, can form a long-term health file of one file for one child.

This is critical for the long-term maintenance of children’s foot health.

Once foot problems occur at a certain growth stage, the data recorded in foot health files can help trace the root causes of problems, confirm the initial onset time of abnormalities and locate fundamental triggers, so as to solve the conditions completely.

3. It is vital to establish a regular screening mechanism for children’s foot health.

The implementation of this mechanism requires cooperation from schools and relevant organizations and institutions.

Effective maintenance of children’s foot health can prevent numerous unnecessary foot health issues in adulthood.

Correcting and curing foot problems in the adolescent stage demands the lowest cost and price.

The regular foot screening mechanism can guarantee the foot health of a whole generation, which carries profound practical significance.

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