O uso do calçado habitual influência o controle postural?

Abstract

Although using shoes is part of the daily context for most people, when postural control is assessed participants are subject to a barefoot condition. The most often reason for this is based in a possible effect of the footwear on the postural control. However, does the habitual footwear influence postural control estimated by center of pressure traces? To address this question we evaluated 14 young adults with mean age of 23 ± (4) years old, height 1.63 ± (0.05) m and body mass 59 ± (7) kg. They stand still with bipedal support using or not their habitual shoe , for trials with eyes open and closed. A force plate was used to record ground reaction forces and moments. Data were used to determination of center of pressure. None of the center of pressure variables (amplitudes, area and velocity) differed between the shod and barefoot conditions regardless of eyes open or closed. In summary, the habitual footwear did not influence postural oscillation during upright standing in young adults.