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Relationship between the foot progression angle and eversion and exercise-related lower leg pain

Auteurs: Tine M Willems, Erik Witvrouw, Dirk De Clercq, Philip Roosen

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Foot and Ankle Research | bijlage 1/2012

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Background

In clinical practice, out-toeing is often linked with an increased eversion and an increased medial pressure distribution. However, in the literature, there is little evidence for this relationship. On the other hand, as an increased eversion and an increased medial pressure distribution have been detected as risk factors for exercise-related lower leg pain (ERLLP) [1, 2], and if the foot progression angle is related to these parameters, the occurrence of ERLLP could be due to an increased foot progression angle. The purpose of this study was therefore 1) to investigate the relationship between the foot progression angle and the amount of eversion and the medio-lateral pressure distribution and 2) to check if the foot progression angle is a risk factor for ERLLP.

Materials and methods

3D gait kinematics combined with plantar pressure profiles were collected from 400 healthy physical education students. After this evaluation, all sports injuries were registered by a sports physician during 3 years. Relationship between foot progression angle and the amount of eversion and the medio-lateral pressure distribution were tested with Pearson correlation. Cox regression analysis was used to investigate the effect of the foot progression angle on the development of ERLLP.

Results

Forty-six subjects developed ERLLP and 29 of them developed bilateral symptoms thus giving 75 symptomatic lower legs. Bilateral lower legs of 167 subjects who developed no injuries in the lower extremities served as controls. Pearson correlation showed no significant correlation between the foot progression angle and the eversion excursion (R=.121) and the medio-lateral pressure distribution (R=.116). Cox regression analysis showed no significant differences for the foot progression angle between the injured and uninjured subjects.

Conclusions

The findings of this study suggest that the foot progression angle is not a risk factor for ERLLP as the foot progression angle is not related to the amount of eversion and the medio-lateral pressure distribution.
This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://​creativecommons.​org/​licenses/​by/​2.​0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Literatuur
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go back to reference Willems TM, De Clercq D, Delbaere K, et al: A prospective study to gait related risk factors for exercise-related lower leg pain. Gait Posture. 2006, 23: 91-98. 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.004.CrossRefPubMed Willems TM, De Clercq D, Delbaere K, et al: A prospective study to gait related risk factors for exercise-related lower leg pain. Gait Posture. 2006, 23: 91-98. 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.004.CrossRefPubMed
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go back to reference Willems TM, Witvrouw E, De Cock A, et al: Gait-related risk factors for exercise-related lower-leg pain during shod running. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007, 39: 330-339. 10.1249/01.mss.0000247001.94470.21.CrossRefPubMed Willems TM, Witvrouw E, De Cock A, et al: Gait-related risk factors for exercise-related lower-leg pain during shod running. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007, 39: 330-339. 10.1249/01.mss.0000247001.94470.21.CrossRefPubMed
Metagegevens
Titel
Relationship between the foot progression angle and eversion and exercise-related lower leg pain
Auteurs
Tine M Willems
Erik Witvrouw
Dirk De Clercq
Philip Roosen
Publicatiedatum
01-12-2012
Uitgeverij
BioMed Central
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research / Uitgave bijlage 1/2012
Elektronisch ISSN: 1757-1146
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-5-S1-O44

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