Abstract—Low vision status installed from different pathological or functional causes can affect posture, movement on different directions or surfaces, walking or running, requiring postural or human aid systems. Most often the plantar surface of both feet suffers an additional tension or even it can cause lesions that will further impede the motor activity of low-vision patients. In general, the movement of these people is accomplished with extra effort over longer periods than normal and can create a high stress on adapting to the surrounding environment. In the first part of the paper are highlighted the general aspects related to the low vision state and related to the plantar pressure developed on the cycle of gait. In the second part of the paper are presented the experimental configuration of the study and also the structure of the assessment procedures for the visual dysfunction simulations. In the third part of the paper are presented the results obtained from footscan pressure plate for low vision simulation cases. Also correlative analyses of plantar pressure changes and low vision level are presented and evaluated in the same chapter. In the final part of the paper are presented the results and conclusions obtained in this study, along with highlighting the possibilities of implementing the procedures for different extended biomechanical evaluations.
Index Terms—Plantar pressure, low vision, biomechanics
M. I. Baritz is with the Transilvania University from Brasov, Romania (e-mail: mbaritz@unitbv.ro).
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Cite: Mihaela I. Baritz, "Analysis of Plantar Pressure and Contact Forces Changes in Locomotion of People with Low Vision," International Journal of Modeling and Optimization vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 334-339, 2019.
