Effect of body mass index on plantar pressure distribution in children during standing

Background: Standing plantar pressure measurement can help in tracing the correlation between plantar pressure distribution and lower-extremity posture, altogether with its relationship with BMI in children. The goal of this study is to figure out if BMI affects peak and average plantar pressure distribution in children when standing or not. Study Design: The current study is a primary, observational, cross-sectional one conducted in the Egyptian elementary schools in Talhka City, Dakahlia Governorate. Subjects & Methods: Ninety children; 47 girls and 43 boys with ages ranging between 6 to 12 years old were engaged in this study. The BMI of the study group highlighted the idea that 40% of the children were of normal weight (36 participants), 16.7% were overweight (15 participants), (7.8%) were obese (7 participants), and 35.6% were underweight (32 participants). All statistical measures were carried out using the statistical program for social sciences (SPSS) with version 22 for Windows (IBM SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA). Results: The current research suggests that there was substantial variance in both peak and average plantar pressure of both the right and left feet when standing in various cases with a spectrum of BMIs.