The Scientific World Journal

Clinical Study

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

Table 4

Calculated p values from Wilcoxon test after pairwise comparison of changes in foot contact pressure under static (P stat) and dynamic (P dyn) conditions and maximum contact pressure (P max dyn). Significant results were highlighted with*.
  ControlHelmetPlus load-carrying equipmentPlus backpackPlus rifle (in front of the body)
  P statP dynP max dynP statP dynP max dynP statP dynP max dynP statP dynP max dynP statP dynP max dyn
HelmetP statp < 0.001*              
P dyn p = 0.620             
P max dyn  p = 0.610            
Plus load-carrying equipmentP statp < 0.001*  p = 0.019*           
P dyn p = 0.001*  p = 0.002*          
P max dyn  p = 0.002*  p = 0.013*         
Plus backpackP statp < 0.001*  p< 0.001*  p < 0.001*        
P dyn p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*       
P max dyn  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p< 0.001*      
Plus rifle (in front of the body)P statp < 0.001*  p< 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p = 0.002*     
P dyn p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p = 0.776    
P max dyn  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p = 0.006*   
Plus rifle (slung over the shoulder)P statp < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p = 0.001*  p = 0.047*  
P dyn p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p = 0.011* 
P max dyn  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p < 0.001*  p = 0.001*