title: Arch of the foot and postural balance in young judokas and peers.
abstract: Twenty-nine male judocas and nontraining peers participated in this study. The arch of the foot (as Clarke's angular values) was measured under non-weight-bearing conditions in two-leg and one-leg stands. Postural balance was assessed by the Flamingo balance test. Judocas presented better static balance and higher arches of the foot. Significant differences in Clarke's angular values in a sitting and standing on two-leg position were found in both groups. After transition to a one-leg stand, the height of the arches of the foot in nontraining participants was still significantly decreased. Weight bearing did not affect Clarke's angular values in judokas. A correlation was found between the Flamingo test and Clarke's angle. Better balance was observed in adolescents with higher arch of the foot.
authors.affiliation: aState Higher Vocational School in Tarnow, Institute of Health Science, Section of Physical Education, Tarnow bUniversity of Physical Education, Department of Physiotherapy, Section of Kinesitherapy, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jankowicz-Szymanska
authors.forename: Edyta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mikolajczyk
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wardzala
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000502:physiology*; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology