Mazi A1, Khan F1, Chevidikunnan M1, Aljawi S1, Mizan F1, BinMulayh E1
1King Abdulaziz University, Physical Therapy, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Background: Foot ailments affect the kinetic chain of the body and could contribute to many injuries. So understanding the relation between foot posture and other factors like age, BMI, gender, ankle flexibility and whole body flexibility is crucial. However these factors are well explained among children but poorly understood in young adults.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to discover the relationships between foot posture, BMI, age, flexibility (of whole body and ankle), and the variation between genders in young adult subjects.
Methods: Two hundred and fifty two healthy participants (106 males, 146 females) between the age of 18 to 25 years were selected. Weight, height, Foot Posture Index-6 (FPI-6), Beighton score and lunge test measurements were obtained from participants. Pearson's and Spearman's rho tests were used to detect correlation, while independent t-test was utilized to identify variations between genders.
Results: There was no correlation between FPI-6 with Beighton score (r= 0.11, p= 0.08, 95% CI (-0.02 to 0.24)), FPI-6 with lunge test (r=0.02, p=0.70, 95% CI (-0.10 to 0.15)), FPI-6 with BMI (r= 0.20, p=0.002, 95% CI (0.07 to 0.31)), and FPI-6 with age (r= -0.19, p=0.002, 95% CI (-0.31 to -0.07)). subjects with pronated foot (according to FPI-6 ) had a weak positive correlation with Beighton score (r=0.30, p=0.05, 95% CI (0.006 to 0.47)). Among all subjects who appeared to have flatfoot, females had a higher prevalence (81.25%) than males (19.35%).
Conclusion(s): In our population of healthy young adults between the age of 18-25 years, there was no correlation between foot posture and age, BMI, gender, ankle flexibility and whole body flexibility. However in foot pronated subjects there was a slight direct correlation between foot pronation and whole body flexibility and females showed a higher prevalence of flatfoot.
Implications: This study helps in providing researchers and clinicians with further information regarding factors affecting foot posture and reducing or preventing the dreadful ramification of faulty foot position.
Keywords: Foot posture, Beighton score, Flexibility
Funding acknowledgements: - Author didn´t receive any funding.
- We greatly appreciate all participants and their families for their efforts and cooperation.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to discover the relationships between foot posture, BMI, age, flexibility (of whole body and ankle), and the variation between genders in young adult subjects.
Methods: Two hundred and fifty two healthy participants (106 males, 146 females) between the age of 18 to 25 years were selected. Weight, height, Foot Posture Index-6 (FPI-6), Beighton score and lunge test measurements were obtained from participants. Pearson's and Spearman's rho tests were used to detect correlation, while independent t-test was utilized to identify variations between genders.
Results: There was no correlation between FPI-6 with Beighton score (r= 0.11, p= 0.08, 95% CI (-0.02 to 0.24)), FPI-6 with lunge test (r=0.02, p=0.70, 95% CI (-0.10 to 0.15)), FPI-6 with BMI (r= 0.20, p=0.002, 95% CI (0.07 to 0.31)), and FPI-6 with age (r= -0.19, p=0.002, 95% CI (-0.31 to -0.07)). subjects with pronated foot (according to FPI-6 ) had a weak positive correlation with Beighton score (r=0.30, p=0.05, 95% CI (0.006 to 0.47)). Among all subjects who appeared to have flatfoot, females had a higher prevalence (81.25%) than males (19.35%).
Conclusion(s): In our population of healthy young adults between the age of 18-25 years, there was no correlation between foot posture and age, BMI, gender, ankle flexibility and whole body flexibility. However in foot pronated subjects there was a slight direct correlation between foot pronation and whole body flexibility and females showed a higher prevalence of flatfoot.
Implications: This study helps in providing researchers and clinicians with further information regarding factors affecting foot posture and reducing or preventing the dreadful ramification of faulty foot position.
Keywords: Foot posture, Beighton score, Flexibility
Funding acknowledgements: - Author didn´t receive any funding.
- We greatly appreciate all participants and their families for their efforts and cooperation.
Topic: Musculoskeletal: lower limb; Musculoskeletal: lower limb
Ethics approval required: Yes
Institution: Faculty of Applied Medical Science - King Abdulaziz University
Ethics committee: Ethics and Research Committee - Applied Medical Science.
Ethics number: IEC/FAMS/18-12
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