THE IMPACT OF BMI ON FOOT ARCH FORMATION IN CHILDREN
Journal Title: Medycyna Sportowa - Year 2009, Vol 25, Issue 3
Abstract
Background. The human foot is an important supporting and weight-bearing element, which constitutes a functional unity The purpose of the study was evaluation of the chan-ges in the shape of the longitudinal and transverse food arches and the analysis of the indMdual foot segments in children regarding their Body Mass lndex. Materiał and methods. The research involved 100 children aged 9-10, from the prima-ry school in Tarnobrzeg, divided in two groups according to their BMI values. The first group consisted of81 pupils with norma! BMI values. The second group consisted of19 pupils with overweight and obesity A photometric method was applied to assess the correctness of foot morphology. An indMdual assessment ofthe longitudinal arch shape, foot architecture and toes was performed under different statodynamic conditions. The applied methods of stati-stics analysis included: mean values, standard deviation (SD) and Studenfs t test. Results. Analysis of the data shows that the morphological structure of the feet in children with norma! body mass is different from that of the feet of obese children. Those dif-ferences include correctness of foot segments shape, especially the transverse arch. Conclusions. The values of Ciarkę 's angles and the Wejsflog index were within ac-ceptable limits. The study shows that obese and overweight children morę often have lo-wer transverse foot arches.
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Witold Furgał, Anna Adamczyk
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