Age-related, interindividual, and right/left differences in anterior-posterior foot pressure ratio in preschool children.

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Journal of Physiological Anthropology Pub Date : 2013-04-20 DOI:10.1186/1880-6805-32-8

Shigeki Matsuda, Shinichi Demura

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Background: This study aimed to examine age-related, interindividual, and right/left differences in anterior-posterior foot pressure ratio in 764 preschool children (364 boys and 400 girls) aged 3.5-6.5 years.

Methods: Subjects maintained an upright standing posture for 10 seconds on the Footview Clinic, an instrument designed to calculate the anterior-posterior foot pressure ratio. The ratio of anterior foot pressure in each subject's right and left feet was selected as a variable, and the mean of a 10 s measurement was used for analysis.

Results: The ratio of anterior foot pressure was significantly larger in the right foot than in the left foot. With regard to age, the ratio of anterior foot pressure was significantly larger in children aged over 4.5 years than in children aged 3.5 years. It was also larger in children aged 6 and 6.5 years than in children aged 4 years. Interindividual differences in variables were large, and coefficients of variance were highest in children aged 3.5 years and lowest in children aged 6.5 years.

Conclusions: In conclusion, anterior foot pressure increases with age in preschool children. Interindividual differences in anterior foot pressure are large and tend to decrease with age. Furthermore, the anterior foot pressure is slightly higher in the right foot than in the left foot. These results will be useful for various studies, such as examining relationships between the anterior-posterior foot pressure ratio and factors, such as untouched toes, physical fitness, and level of exercise.

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学龄前儿童前后足压比的年龄相关、个体间和左右差异。

背景:本研究旨在调查764名3.5-6.5岁学龄前儿童(364名男孩和400名女孩)前后足压比的年龄相关性、个体间和左右差异。方法:受试者在Footview Clinic上保持直立站立姿势10秒，Footview Clinic是一种计算足前后压力比的仪器。选取每位受试者左右脚前足压的比值作为变量，取10 s测量值的平均值进行分析。结果:右脚前足压比明显大于左脚。在年龄方面，4.5岁以上儿童的前足压比明显大于3.5岁儿童。6岁和6.5岁的儿童也比4岁的儿童更大。各变量的个体间差异较大，3.5岁儿童的方差系数最高，6.5岁儿童的方差系数最低。结论:学龄前儿童前足压力随年龄增长而增加。前足压力的个体间差异很大，并且随着年龄的增长而减小。此外，右脚的前足压力略高于左脚。这些结果将对各种研究有用，例如检查前后足压力比与因素之间的关系，例如未接触的脚趾，身体健康和运动水平。

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期刊介绍： Journal of Physiological Anthropology (JPA) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on the physiological functions of modern mankind, with an emphasis on the physical and bio-cultural effects on human adaptability to the current environment. The objective of JPA is to evaluate physiological adaptations to modern living environments, and to publish research from different scientific fields concerned with environmental impact on human life. Topic areas include, but are not limited to: environmental physiology bio-cultural environment living environment epigenetic adaptation development and growth age and sex differences nutrition and morphology physical fitness and health Journal of Physiological Anthropology is the official journal of the Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology.