Influence of Gait and Running on Foot Posture Index and Navicular Drop Modifications for Non-athletes.
Influence of Gait and Running on Foot Posture Index and Navicular Drop Modifications for Non-athletes.
Objective: To evaluate in a sample of healthy non-athlete subjects, if the foot tends to a pronated position during a period of running compared to walking, evaluated during and after one hour after performing said activity.
Design: Quasi-experimental study, experimental and control group. Setting: Subjects who attend the Podiatry Clinical Area of the University of Seville.
Participants: N=72 healthy non-athlete volunteer adults who regularly run.
Interventions: The volunteers will participate in the research on three occasions, the day of data collection, one day when they will carry out a one-hour walking period and on another occasion where they will carry out an hour of running. Changes in foot posture [FPI] or foot pronation position (navicular drop [ND]) were identified in various periods of time at the time of the initial assessment and examination (p1), after 30 minutes of walking or running ( p2), 45 minutes of walking or running (p3) and 60 minutes of walking or running (p4) of the activity elapsed.
Main outcome measures: Foot position will be measured using the Foot Posture Index (FPI) and navicular height using the navicular drop test (ND) at p1, p2, p3 and p4.
Inclusion Criteria:
The inclusion criteria are: healthy adults, of both sexes, who come to the center on the indicated date and who are professional athletes but who do practice some regular physical activity, understood as running for one hour three times a week as minimum.
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Exclusion Criteria:
a congenital or traumatic foot deformity, wearing plantar supports, pregnancy or being in current rehabilitation treatment or serious illness.
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