Effects of Wearing Different Personal Equipment on Force Distribution at the Plantar Surface of the Foot

Table 3

Calculated p values from Wilcoxon test after pairwise comparison of changes of foot contact area during static (𝐴 stat) and dynamic (𝐴 dyn) pedobarography. Significant results were highlighted with*.

		Control		Helmet		Plus load-carrying equipment		Plus backpack		Plus rifle (in front of the body)
		Cervical; spine	Body axis	Cervical; spine	Body axis	Cervical; spine	Body axis	Cervical; spine	Body axis	Cervical; spine	Body axis
Helmet	Cervical spine	𝑝=0.009^∗
	Body axis		𝑝=0.112
Plus load-carrying equipment	Cervical spine	𝑝=0.010^∗		𝑝=0.289
	Body axis		𝑝=0.199		𝑝=0.347
Plus backpack	Cervical spine	𝑝<0.001^∗		𝑝<0.001^∗		p < 0.001*
	Body axis		𝑝<0.001^∗		𝑝<0.001^∗		p < 0.001*
Plus rifle (in front of the body)	Cervical spine	𝑝<0.001^∗		𝑝<0.001^∗		p< 0.001*		p = 0.007*
	Body axis		𝑝<0.001^∗		𝑝<0.001^∗		p < 0.001*		p = 0.002*
Plus rifle (slung over the shoulder)	Cervical spine	𝑝<0.001^∗		𝑝<0.001^∗		p < 0.001*		p = 0.003*		p = 0.765
	Body axis		𝑝<0.001^∗		𝑝<0.001^∗		p < 0.001*		p = 0.147		p = 0.056