title: 3D Multi-segment foot kinematics in children: A developmental study in typically developing boys.
abstract: The relationship between age and 3D rotations objectivized with multisegment foot models has not been quantified until now. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate the relationship between age and multi-segment foot kinematics in a cross-sectional database.
  
  
  
  Barefoot multi-segment foot kinematics of thirty two typically developing boys, aged 6-20 years, were captured with the Rizzoli Multi-segment Foot Model. One-dimensional statistical parametric mapping linear regression was used to examine the relationship between age and 3D inter-segment rotations of the dominant leg during the full gait cycle.
  
  
  
  Age was significantly correlated with sagittal plane kinematics of the midfoot and the calcaneus-metatarsus inter-segment angle (p<0.0125). Age was also correlated with the transverse plane kinematics of the calcaneus-metatarsus angle (p<0.0001).
  
  
  
  Gait labs should consider age related differences and variability if optimal decision making is pursued. It remains unclear if this is of interest for all foot models, however, the current study highlights that this is of particular relevance for foot models which incorporate a separate midfoot segment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, KU Leuven, Belgium; Institut D'Enseignement Supérieur Parnasse Deux-Alice, Division of Podiatry, Bruxelles, Belgium; Department of Podiatry, Artevelde University College, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: kevin.deschamps@faber.kuleuven.be.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deschamps
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Group, KU Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Staes
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Kathelijne
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peerlinck
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Geet
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.affiliation: Department of Development & Regeneration, KU Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Giovanni Arnoldo
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Matricali
authors.affiliation: Service d'hématologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium; Service de médecine physique et réadaptation, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium; Computer Assisted and Robotic Surgery-CARS, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Mounier 53 bte B1.53.07, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sebastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lobet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D005528:Foot / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology*; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Maturation; Multi-segment foot kinematics; Typically developing children