Acta Univ. Palacki. Olomuc., Gymn. 2005 35(2): 69-74
Analysis of morphology of foot in Moravian male and female students in the age Infans 2 and Juvenis
- Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacky University, Olomouc
Morphological foot type, foot index for longitudinal foot vault, misalignment of the big and little toes, heel angle and lower limb muscles condition were monitored in 106 male students and 162 female students from the Gymnasium school in Šternberk and the Integrated secondary school in Ostrava ranging in age from 12 to 18 years. A considerably higher frequency of Egyptian foot incidence was noted in both girls and boys (71.69% and 70.99% respectively). The quadratic foot was found in boys in a very small percentage (2.83%) with particular individual asymmetry; it was not discovered in girls. Flatfoot diagnosis by means of the Chippaux-Šmiřák method provided very favourable results (4.94-10.38% flat foot occurrence).On the otherhand, results using the Szriter-Godunov method were considerably worse (38.27-43.21% flat foot occurrence). Zero condition misalignment of the big toe was encountered in less than a quarter of the files. The frequency of valgose and varose manifestations being almost equal in boys; the right big toe varose position was the dominant feature. As for the girls, the valgose position was dominant. The average values ranged from 4 to 7 degrees. The average little toe angle value characteristic for a valgose little toe was high. (17.73-21.90 degrees). The average heel angle was diagnosed in the range of 15 to 18 degrees. When evaluating relations of the lower limb muscle shortening and conditional foot vault functional disorders (only in men) we found statistically significant relation between heel misalignment and m. triceps surae sin. shortening, and between the heel angle and knee flexors sin. shortening.
Keywords: Morphological foot type, foot index, misalignment of the big toe and little toe, heel angle, muscle dysbalances
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