A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational Runners
Running is a highly physical activity, and it is related to injuries when there is an excessive pronation of the foot. This study evaluates, from a sample group of healthy recreational runners, if the foot tends to pronate after a period of running activity and when, with respect to a period of runn...
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| author | María José Galloso-Lagos María Luisa González-Elena Ana Juana Pérez-Belloso Manuel Coheña-Jiménez Mar Elena-Pérez Juan Manuel Muriel-Sánchez Aurora Castro-Méndez |
| author_facet | María José Galloso-Lagos María Luisa González-Elena Ana Juana Pérez-Belloso Manuel Coheña-Jiménez Mar Elena-Pérez Juan Manuel Muriel-Sánchez Aurora Castro-Méndez |
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| description | Running is a highly physical activity, and it is related to injuries when there is an excessive pronation of the foot. This study evaluates, from a sample group of healthy recreational runners, if the foot tends to pronate after a period of running activity and when, with respect to a period of running compared to walking, evaluated during several phases: after 30, 45, and 60 min. This quasi-experimental study has been carried out on a total of 36 healthy recreational subjects. The subjects were evaluated during two different activities: running activity for a period of an hour with respect to normal walking activity. The main outcome measures were the foot posture index (FPI) and the navicular drop test (NDT), which were evaluated at p1 (the screening day), after 30 min of activity (p2), after 45 min of activity (p3), and finally after 60 min (p4) during running or walking activity. The analysis showed significant differences for the FPI and NDT variables in both groups and on both feet, comparing p1 and p4. These changes showed a significant relationship comparing p1 and p3 for the FPI variable, and for the NDT variable (<i>p</i> < 0.001) of the left foot and, with respect to the right foot, significance was shown to the FPI comparing the p1 and p2. A significant difference was found in the tendency to pronate the foot after a period of running compared to the same period of walking after 60 min of activity. Running produced an excessive pronation of the foot after 45 min of activity, evaluated with the FPI for both feet. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ac95d741e94d4ebc9c8e7facb9ec860d2023-11-24T14:52:34ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292023-11-011311220210.3390/life13112202A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational RunnersMaría José Galloso-Lagos0María Luisa González-Elena1Ana Juana Pérez-Belloso2Manuel Coheña-Jiménez3Mar Elena-Pérez4Juan Manuel Muriel-Sánchez5Aurora Castro-Méndez6Podiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, SpainPodiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, SpainPodiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, SpainPodiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, SpainDepartamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Sevilla, SpainIndependent Researcher, Clínica Centro Lepe, Calle Rincona, 31, 21440 Lepe, SpainPodiatry Department, University of Seville, 41009 Seville, SpainRunning is a highly physical activity, and it is related to injuries when there is an excessive pronation of the foot. This study evaluates, from a sample group of healthy recreational runners, if the foot tends to pronate after a period of running activity and when, with respect to a period of running compared to walking, evaluated during several phases: after 30, 45, and 60 min. This quasi-experimental study has been carried out on a total of 36 healthy recreational subjects. The subjects were evaluated during two different activities: running activity for a period of an hour with respect to normal walking activity. The main outcome measures were the foot posture index (FPI) and the navicular drop test (NDT), which were evaluated at p1 (the screening day), after 30 min of activity (p2), after 45 min of activity (p3), and finally after 60 min (p4) during running or walking activity. The analysis showed significant differences for the FPI and NDT variables in both groups and on both feet, comparing p1 and p4. These changes showed a significant relationship comparing p1 and p3 for the FPI variable, and for the NDT variable (<i>p</i> < 0.001) of the left foot and, with respect to the right foot, significance was shown to the FPI comparing the p1 and p2. A significant difference was found in the tendency to pronate the foot after a period of running compared to the same period of walking after 60 min of activity. Running produced an excessive pronation of the foot after 45 min of activity, evaluated with the FPI for both feet.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/11/2202pronationfoot posture indexnavicular droprunning |
| spellingShingle | María José Galloso-Lagos María Luisa González-Elena Ana Juana Pérez-Belloso Manuel Coheña-Jiménez Mar Elena-Pérez Juan Manuel Muriel-Sánchez Aurora Castro-Méndez A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational Runners Life pronation foot posture index navicular drop running |
| title | A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational Runners |
| title_full | A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational Runners |
| title_fullStr | A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational Runners |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational Runners |
| title_short | A Short-Term Evaluation of Foot Pronation Tendency in Healthy Recreational Runners |
| title_sort | short term evaluation of foot pronation tendency in healthy recreational runners |
| topic | pronation foot posture index navicular drop running |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/11/2202 |
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