Self awareness of arch height and foot structure

NewsBot · Jan 20, 2018

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Relationships Between Self-awareness and Clinical Diagnostic Findings of Abnormal Foot Arch Height in Koreans
Youngsuk Son, MD et al
Ann Rehabil Med. 2017 Dec;41(6):1013-1018. English.

Objective
To see how people think about their own feet, and evaluate whether there are correlations among self-awareness of the participants and clinical examination findings.

Methods
Adult twins and their families who participated in the Healthy Twin study from May 2008 to April 2010 were recruited. Participants were asked whether they thought their feet were normal, flat, or cavus. The lateral talometatarsal angles were measured on foot X-rays to determine the foot arch height. Using the podoscopic footprints taken with the podobaroscope, the Staheli arch index was also measured. Kappa statistics were used to calculate degree of agreement among the three measurement methods.

Results
Self-awareness and radiographic findings were significantly different (Pearson chi-square test, p=0.000) and only slightly agreed (kappa measure of agreement=0.136, p=0.000). Self-awareness and podoscopy results revealed a significant difference (Pearson chi-square test, p=0.000), with only slight agreement (kappa measure of agreement=0.072, p=0.000).

Conclusion
There is significant disagreement between patients' perception of their feet and actual test results. Many people may have an incorrect assumption about their own foot conditions that may be reflected in improper management. Dissemination of accurate information about foot disorders by foot clinicians would be helpful.
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The foot corresponds to the body segment that allows the exchange of forces between the support surface and the athlete's body; its morphology and function influence the quality of movement and body alignment. Moreover, the foot morphology can be modified according to the different adaptations that different sports cause, such as running, sport combat and team sports.

This work aimed to define the knowledge that a sample of athletes has about their Medial Longitudinal Foot Arch (MLFA), which has been classified as Cavus, Normal and Flat. A sample of 119 athletes, separated into three groups (runners, combat athletes, and team players), were given a self-perception questionnaire of their MLFA. Their responses were contrasted with the Arch Index (AI), which is a reliable objective measurement of the MLFA.

Just 18.5% of the sample were able to identify their MLFA, as 67.2% stated they did not know, and 14.3% erred in their self-diagnosis. Combat athletes had the highest percentage who correctly identified their MLFA (25%). Association was found between the knowledge demonstrated by athletes and the sport they practiced (X2 = 9.926, df = 4, p = 0.04). The ignorance about MLFA by the athletes studied is presented as a problem of which consequences are unknown; this opens future research focused on the study of injuries caused by misalignment of the foot and the need to prescribe sports shoes as orthoses.
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