Objectives. The sport of school age can play an important role in the proper development of the arch. The purpose of this investigation is to correlate the evolution of the shape of the plantar vault of the foot with the practice of different sports during the school age. Method. 461 subjects aged between 6 and 15 years were examined by plantoscope examination and the footprint was classified according to Dennis1 each subject answered two times a questionnaire on sport practice. The statistical analysis for assessment the differences between groups was performed with ANOVA for continuous parametric variables, Kruskal- Wallis (groups> 2) or Mann-Whitney (groups = 2) for nonparametric variables and the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test (if the cells <5) for categorical variables. Results. The average age of the subjects was 11 ± 2.2 years Analyzed, the average height was 145 ± 14.7 cm and body weight of 43.2 ± 14.6 kg; the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 19.9 ± 4.2. Among the 461 subjects evaluated, 75% of them showed normal feet, 17% pes cavus, and 8% pes planus. In swimming, the most popular sport, 15% of subjects had pes cavus, 8% pes planus. Volleyball player had high percentage of cavus foot (29%) and no flatfoot. Among children who practice sport there was a sports related, significant disproportion between the rates of plantar vault morphologies (p <0.005). Pes planus percentage rise as the BMI increased. Conclusions. Among those who practice different sports, already at schoolage, there is a statistically significant difference in the percentage of plantar vault morphologies. A further prospective study may explain the reason that fix this different stribution of plantar vault morphotypes in sport.
Obiettivi. La pratica sportiva in età scolare può svolgere un ruolo importante per il corretto sviluppo della volta plantare. Lo scopo di questa indagine è quello di correlare l’evoluzione della morfologia della volta plantare con la pratica sportiva durante l’età scolare. Metodo. 461 soggetti di età compresa tra i 6 e i 15 anni sono stati sottoposti ad esame podoscopico e l’impronta è stata classificata secondo i criteri di Denis.1 Un questionario sull’attività motoria praticata è stato sottoposto a ciascun soggetto per due volte. L’analisi statistica per la stima delle differenze tra i gruppi è stata effettuata con il test di ANOVA per le variabili parametriche continue, Kruskal-Wallis (gruppi> 2) o di Mann-Whitney (gruppi = 2) per le variabili non parametriche e il test chi-quadrato o test esatto di Fisher (se le cellule <5) per le variabili categoriali. Risultati. The average age of the subjects analyzed was 11 ± 2.2 years, the average height was 145 ± 14.7 cm and body weight of 43.2 ± 14.6 kg; the mean BMI was 19.9 ± 4.2. Among the 461 subjects evaluated, 75% of them showed normal feet, 17% pes cavus, and 8% pes planus. Nel nuoto, lo sport più praticato, il 15% dei soggetti presenta il piede cavo e 8% il piede piatto. Nella pallavolo si è osservato un’alta percentuale di piede cavo e nessun piede piatto. Tra i soggetti che praticano sport differenti esiste una disproporzione tra le percentuali delle differenti morfologie di volta plantare statisticamente significativa (p <0.05). Una tendenza all’incremento della percentuale di piede piatto si osserva all’aumentare dell’indici di massa corporea. Conclusioni. Tra soggetti che praticano differenti sport, già in età scolare, esiste una differenza statisticamente significativa nella percentuale delle morfologie di volta plantare. Ulteriori studi possono fornire maggiori informazioni per spiegare la ragione che determina questa differente distribuzione delle morfologie delle volte plantari nei diversi sport.
Monteleone, G., Sorge, R.p., Tiloca, A., Paci, G., Marzella, M., De Iacovo, M., et al. (2014). Is sport practice a factor affecting plantar arch development during school age? A preliminary study. JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY OF THE LOCOMOTOR APPARATUS, 13, 23-27 [10.12920/jopola.2014.04].
Is sport practice a factor affecting plantar arch development during school age? A preliminary study
MONTELEONE, GIOVANNI;SORGE, ROBERTO PIETRO;PISTILLO, PIETRO
2014-01-01
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Objectives. The sport of school age can play an important role in the proper development of the arch. The purpose of this investigation is to correlate the evolution of the shape of the plantar vault of the foot with the practice of different sports during the school age. Method. 461 subjects aged between 6 and 15 years were examined by plantoscope examination and the footprint was classified according to Dennis1 each subject answered two times a questionnaire on sport practice. The statistical analysis for assessment the differences between groups was performed with ANOVA for continuous parametric variables, Kruskal- Wallis (groups> 2) or Mann-Whitney (groups = 2) for nonparametric variables and the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test (if the cells <5) for categorical variables. Results. The average age of the subjects was 11 ± 2.2 years Analyzed, the average height was 145 ± 14.7 cm and body weight of 43.2 ± 14.6 kg; the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 19.9 ± 4.2. Among the 461 subjects evaluated, 75% of them showed normal feet, 17% pes cavus, and 8% pes planus. In swimming, the most popular sport, 15% of subjects had pes cavus, 8% pes planus. Volleyball player had high percentage of cavus foot (29%) and no flatfoot. Among children who practice sport there was a sports related, significant disproportion between the rates of plantar vault morphologies (p <0.005). Pes planus percentage rise as the BMI increased. Conclusions. Among those who practice different sports, already at schoolage, there is a statistically significant difference in the percentage of plantar vault morphologies. A further prospective study may explain the reason that fix this different stribution of plantar vault morphotypes in sport.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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