PURPOSE This study investigated how resistance training affects foot pressure during gait in older women with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS A total of 10 older women with knee osteoarthritis underwent a four-week resistance exercise intervention, and their step length, anterior–posterior center of pressure (COP) displacement, and foot pressure were measured before and after the intervention. Step length and anterior–posterior COP displacement data underwent paired t-tests, while time-series foot pressure data of the rearfoot, midfoot, and forefoot during the stance phase underwent paired t-tests based on statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM). RESULTS After the intervention, a significant increase in step length (P = .020) and anterior–posterior COP displacement (P = .001) was observed. SnPM showed increased rearfoot pressure during early to mid-stance (6%–29%), increased midfoot pressure during mid- to terminal stance (20%–57%), and increased forefoot pressure during terminal stance to preswing (74%–89%). CONCLUSIONS Resistance exercise training improved altered foot pressure during gait in older women with knee osteoarthritis.
PURPOSE This study aims to help improve performance by comparing and analyzing the kinematic variables for each upper and lower extremities segment when two groups of players attack the national women’s fencing players in a match situation. METHODS This study divided the movement time, movement time ratio, Fente step length change, angle factor at each event, and velocity factor of the fencing point of a sword at each event into the Olympic medalists’ group (Group A) and the international competition winners group (Group B) during the fencing Marche Fente. An independent t-test was performed for each factor, and the results were compared. RESULTS As a result, the difference between the two groups in movement time was statistically significant in the front of the foot in the velocity factor. However, no statistical significance was found between the two groups in the front angle of the trunk, the elbow angle, and the knee angle. CONCLUSIONS This indicates that group A and group B are both outstanding players with the best performance, so they are similar in the details of the movements except for the very slight difference in time and velocity. Therefore, the average of the result values of the joint angle will be a feedback index for fencing beginners or education subjects who are now starting to fencing.
