Children with flat feet have weaker toe grip strength than those having a          normal arch

Yuto Tashiro; Takahiko Fukumoto; Daisuke Uritani; Daisuke Matsumoto; Shu Nishiguchi; Naoto Fukutani; Daiki Adachi; Takayuki Hotta; Saori Morino; Hidehiko Shirooka; Yuma Nozaki; Hinako Hirata; Moe Yamaguchi; Tomoki Aoyama

doi:10.1589/jpts.27.3533

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Children with flat feet have weaker toe grip strength than those having a normal arch

Yuto Tashiro, Takahiko Fukumoto, Daisuke Uritani, Daisuke Matsumoto, Shu Nishiguchi, Naoto Fukutani, Daiki Adachi, Takayuki Hotta, Saori Morino, Hidehiko Shirooka, Yuma Nozaki, Hinako Hirata, Moe Yamaguchi, Tomoki Aoyama

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Yuto Tashiro
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Takahiko Fukumoto
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University, Japan
Daisuke Uritani
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University, Japan
Daisuke Matsumoto
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University, Japan
Shu Nishiguchi
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Research Fellow of The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
Naoto Fukutani
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Daiki Adachi
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Takayuki Hotta
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Saori Morino
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Research Fellow of The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
Hidehiko Shirooka
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Yuma Nozaki
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Hinako Hirata
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Moe Yamaguchi
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
Tomoki Aoyama
Department of Physical Therapy, Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University: 53 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan

Keywords: Flatfoot, Toe grip strength, Children

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2015 Volume 27 Issue 11 Pages 3533-3536

DOI https://doi.org/10.1589/jpts.27.3533

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Abstract

[Purpose] This study investigated the relationship between toe grip strength and foot posture in children. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 619 children participated in this study. The foot posture of the participants was measured using a foot printer and toe grip strength was measured using a toe grip dynamometer. Children were classified into 3 groups; flatfoot, normal, and high arch, according to Staheli’s arch index. The differences in demographic data and toe grip strength among each foot posture group were analyzed by analysis of variance. Additionally, toe grip strength differences were analyzed by analysis of covariance, adjusted to body mass index, age, and gender. [Results] The number of participants classified as flatfoot, normal, and high arch were 110 (17.8%), 468 (75.6%), and 41 (6.6%), respectively. The toe grip strength of flatfoot children was significantly lower than in normal children, as shown by both analysis of variance and analysis of covariance. [Conclusion] A significant difference was detected in toe grip strength between the low arch and normal foot groups. Therefore, it is suggested that training to increase toe grip strength during childhood may prevent the formation of flat feet or help in the development of arch.

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