VERTICAL FORCES AND PLANTAR PRESSURES IN SELECTED AEROBIC MOVEMENTS VERSUS WALKING

Ten subjects between the ages of 19 and 29 years walked and performed four aerobic movements over a force and pressure platform. Peak planta r pressure and peak vertical force data were collected three times on the dominant leg as each subject performed all of the five activities. Peak vertical forces acting on the lower extremities for the low impa ct aerobic movements were significantly less when compared with the hi gh impact movements. As was expected, no differences were found in pea k vertical forces between walking and the low impact aerobic movements . Peak plantar pressures for walking were not significantly different when compared with any of the four aerobic movements studied.