title: Influence of Children's Foot Type on Their Physical Motor Performance.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This cross-sectional study aimed to determine whether normal, flat, or high-arched feet corresponded to better performance of certain motor tests in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred eighty-seven children (mean ± SD age, 11.15 ± 1.24 years) were recruited and divided into three groups: 96 with normal feet, 54 with high-arched feet, and 37 with low-arched feet. Nine motor trials were selected to assess motor performance: standing long jump, standing triple jump from each foot, standing vertical jump, shuttle run 10 × 5 m, standing-start 20-m sprint, static balance, dynamic balance on a beam of an inverted gym bench, and agility circuit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant differences in the trial results between groups, although in eight of the nine trials participants in the high-arched group tended to perform better. Boys performed better than girls in all of the trials except those of balance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that children with a certain foot type did not achieve better motor performance in the nine trials tested.
authors.forename: Juan Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Arévalo-Mora
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reina-Bueno
authors.forename: Pedro V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Munuera
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies