Loads carrying influence on spatiotemporal parameters of the plantar support during walking of postmenopausal women

The general aim of the study was the analysis the influence of the manual carrying of loads on the behaviour of spatial-temporal parameters, during walking of a group of women with permanent menorrhea (n=7, 57 +/- 5 years). Using photoelectric cells, and the platform of plantar pressure footscan, were obtained and analysed data on spatial-temporal parameters, deriving from the plantar support performed during walking, with and without the manual and symmetrical carrying of external load with 5, 10 and 15 % of the body weight. It was used an Anova Factorial B. W. to the variables which sampling was normal and to test the variables which sampling wasn't normal, we used the Kruskal-Wallis non-parametrical test. The statistically significant was kept at 0,05. In all the considerated parameters, weren't detected any statistically significant differences between the studied tasks. The results suggest that the manual and symmetrical carrying of external loads up to 15% of the body weight doesn't produce significant changes on the temporospatial behaviour and on the plantar pressure in postmenopausal women.