AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE PRESSURE DISTRI-BUTION IN THE SUBTALAR JOINT
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Abstract:
The Pressure distribution of the subtalar joints in ten lower legs from fresh adult cadavers werestndied. On neutral Position and under a 600 N load the contact pressures in the subtalar jointswere determined by means of the pressure sensitive film. Results showed that the average contactPressure was 19.3 1.38kgf/cm2 in the joint. There was no significant difference between thepressures of the anterior and medial and the posterior articulation (P>0.05) Meanwhile the imageof the pressure sensitive film showed that a large amount of the load was transmitted by theanterior-lateral site of the posterior articulation. Clinical significance of these data was discussed.
