جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « قوس کف پا » در نشریات گروه « پزشکی »

A flat foot is associated with complications, such as pain, fatigue, and balance decline. The present study investigated the effect of 8 weeks of foot reflexology massage on balance, foot arch, and pain in girls aged 14 to 18 years with flat feet. 

In this quasi-experimental research, 30 girls with flat feet (mean age: 15.1±1.1 years, mean height: 156.1±2.2, and mean weight: 47.3±2.2 kg) voluntarily and conveniently were selected and randomly divided into two equal experimental and control groups. The massage program consisted of eight weeks (three sessions per week) of foot reflexology massage on the entire sole of both feet, in which two to three relaxation techniques were used in each session, according to the subject’s condition, for six minutes. Twenty-four hours before and 24 hours after the end of the massage therapy protocol, foot arch, dynamic balance, static balance, and pain intensity were assessed using the index of navicular drop test, star excursion balance test, balance error scoring system, and visual analog scale, respectively. Data analysis was done with an analysis of covariance at a significance level of 0.05.

The results showed that reflexology massage significantly affects static balance (P=0.0001) and pain intensity (P=0.0001) of young girls with flat feet. However, no significant effect was observed on the arch of the foot (P=0.38) and the dynamic balance (P=0.36).

Reflexology massage improves the proprioceptive information of the skin. Accordingly, it has improved static balance and reduced the pain intensity of girls with flat feet.

The plantar arch is an architectural structure consisted of several joints, ligaments and muscles. It builds a functional unit that plays a vital role in weight bearing activities such as rope jumping. In this study, the effects of 12 weeks rope jumping on plantar arch in boy students with low, moderate, and high foot arches were evaluated.
It was a controlled experimental study. At the beginning of study, the plantar arches of 450 boys (aged 10 to 13 years) were evaluated by Staheli index. Accordingly, 30 participants were recruited from every group with low, moderate, and high foot arches, provided their parents signed the informed consent form. Then, subjects of each study group were randomly assigned into control and experimental groups (n=15). Experimental groups took part in a 45minute rope jumping program of 3 sessions per week, lasting for 12 weeks. Data were statistically analyzed by the use of Mixed ANOVA, using SPSS 22 software.
Results Compared to pre-test, post-test scores of plantar arch showed no difference in any control groups, nor in moderate-arch and high-arch experimental groups, but it showed significant increase in low-arch experimental group (pConclusion Our findings demonstrated that rope jumping exercises could improve plantar arch in boy students 10-13 years old with flexible flat foot. Therefore, we recommend such exercises to boy adolescents and call for the same study on girl adolescents.

Despite many research on foot deformities (flat foot & pes cavus), still There isn’t any public agreement about the range of them. So the aim of this present study was " Determination of foot arch index in deferent ages groups for men and women in Esfahan city. Pupulation of this study were all of the people from Esfahan city, 250 female and 250 male were randomly selected between healthy subjects, in 5 geographic regions (north, south, east, west, center) and 5 age groups from Esfahan city. The foot print was recorded by arch index of Staheli and (AI) was calculated. Data analysis was done by determining mean and standard deviation for desired ages and sexes and confidence interval ٪95. All dada were analyzed by SPSS version 18. 0 (P ≤ 0. 05). AI respectively is (& (in boys and girls 9 to 14 y. AI respectively is (& (in boys and girls 15 to 24 y. AI respectively is (& (in men and women 25 to 44 y. AI respectively is(& (in men and women 45 to 64 y. AI respectively is (& (in men and women 65 y & above. According to the results of this study foot arch index in men and women were determined and also, in age groups of 14 in boys and 65 & above in women, increasing was seen in mean of AI. Without attention to the age, the mean AI of the men is a little higher than the women (But were not significant statistically (p< 0. 05).

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the general hyper mobility index with foot arch. Design: Descriptive Correlational Design Fifty healthy female students participated in the study and general hyper mobility and size of foot arch was measured. The results of the study showed that there was a significant relationship between the general hyper mobility and foot arch (r=0/249; p=0/05). The subjects with greater general hypermobility have lesser foot arch. The significant relationship between the general hyper mobility and foot arch may be due to ligament laxity.

The purpose of this study was to determine changes in sole arch index and their effects on non-contact lower-extremity injury rates among male karateka. forty-five male karateka with knee or ankle injuries were chosen from 288 male athletes attending 6 athletic clubs in Kerman-Iran. Injury-related data were collected via a data recording sheet and sole arch index was measured through Chippaux-Smirak Index (CSI) method. T-Student and Chi-square tests were used for statistical analysis of data. The study’s results showed that the most frequent location and time of injury were respectively in knee joint (62.2%) and during training sessions (82.3%). the severity of injuries was minor (57.8%) in most cases. Moreover, sole arch index in right leg was abnormal in 68/9% of subjects while 31.1% of them had a normal index in that leg. When left leg was concerned, abnormal and normal indices was evident in 77.8% and 22.2% of subjects respectively. In general, highest percentage of abnormal sole arch index was found in left leg (77.8%). statistical analysis of data by Chi-square test demonstrated that there is no relationship between sole arch index in right and left legs. Again, application of Chi-square test to obtained data showed that there is no relationship between sole arch index and severity of injury. In addition, statistical data analysis through t-test was indicated that there is a significant difference between noncontact lower extremity injury rates when sole arch index is considered (p>0.05). According to the results of this study, abnormal sole arch index may significantly affect non-contact lower-extremity injury rates in male karate athletes.