ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on pressure distribution measurements during soccer specific movements. It presents an analysis of typical plantar foot loading areas during different soccer specific movements on grass. The chapter also presents pressure distribution analyses of a one-year aging process on the shoe/insole complex during the same four soccer specific movements. The Pedar Mobile system was used to collect plantar pressure distribution patterns. The one-year follow-up measurements were also completed on grass on the same field and at the same spot and similar surface conditions concerning density and moisture. In addition, the results show that the use of a new insole or a new shoe/insole complex after a one-year aging process of the material does not lead to anticipated load reductions within the typical loading areas of the foot. Soccer specific movements lead to typical loading patterns of the sole of the foot.
