Alterations produced in child pronator foot after endurance activities and its involvement with the physical fatigue
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Objectives: This study was made with the objective of determine if there are alterations in child’s foot position and his footprint after a endurance activity and to establish wether these alterations are increased in pronator child compared to child who present neutral feet. At the same time, we relate all the above with the extreme physical fatigue and muscle aches that appear after physical activity. The aim of making this essay was to get to know, despite the controversy this topic arouses, if the pronator foot has some kind of disadvantage compared to the neutral foot and wheter it would need orthopedic podiatric treatment as a way to prevent and improve the child biomechanic alterations.
Material and Method: Foot position was consider through the Foot Posture Index (FPI-6), and the footprint through a pedigraphy, before and after aerobic endurance activities in order to calculate the Arch Index by applying the computer program AutoCad® to every print.
Results and Conclusions: According to the results, it can be concluded that the foot position and the children footprint was altered after endurance activities, pronators were more fatigated and complained about feet and legs aches during and/or after the activities. These results are statistically significant (P<0.05). However, there were no significant evidence (P>0.05) that these changes were higher in children with pronator feet or that their efficiency was lower during the exercise compared to neutral feet children.
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