Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 10 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 43-49
Gender wise Differences of Body Dimensions to Foot Type in Healthy Young Adults
Prachi Raj Meena1, Manju Vats2
1,2Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for the Persons with Physical Disabilities (Divyangjan) New Delhi: 110002, India
Corresponding Author: Manju Vats
ABSTRACT
Background: Body Dimensions vary in both males and females. Foot being the only part of the body to transmit the body weight during propulsion might be adapting to preferred foot postures with different body dimensions in both the genders.
Material and Methods: 79 Healthy males and 160 female healthy individuals within the age group of years (19-25) years were recruited by random sampling technique. All subject’s anthropometric characteristics were recorded as per ISAK and foot type as per the Normalized Truncated Navicular Height Ratio (NTNH).
Results: The gender specific difference between the means was observed by unpaired t- test. A p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant at 95% CI. Female subjects of flat foot type were found to have significantly higher values of HT (p=0.034); LBH (p=0.004); and BA (p=0.029) whereas UBH: LBH ratio (p=0.029) was significantly lower than that of females with neutral foot type. The male subjects with flat foot type were found to have significantly lower values of WC (p=0.034) and WC: HC ratio (p=0.005) than the males of neutral foot group
Conclusion: In the study population flat foot type, was found to be associated with linear body dimensions in females and with circumferential body dimensions in males.
Key words: Young Adults, Anthropometry, Flat foot