Influence of Age, Sex, and Anthropometric Determinants on the Foot Posture Index in a Pediatric Population

• DOI: 10.7547/14-097
• Publication Date: 2017-04-10T20:52:42Z
• Authors: Ana María Jimenez...; María Francisca M...; Pedro Daniel Romá...; Juan Francisco Sa...; Juan Antonio Alon...; Alonso Montiel-Luque
• Keywords: Foot (prosody); Body height

The Foot Posture Index (FPI) is a clinical tool for diagnosis that aims to quantify the grade of foot position as neutral, pronated, or supinated. Its purpose develop simple six-factor method rating posture with an easy and quantitative result. We evaluated possible differences in FPI by sex influences age, weight, height, size, body mass index (BMI) on posture.In 150 asymptomatic children (79 boys 71 girls) aged 8 13 years, we determined BMI, bipedal, static, relaxed position. was obtained sum scores (-2, -1, 0, 1, 2) given each six criteria.The mean ± SD value total sample 5.1 2.1 (boys: 2.2; girls: 5.2 2.0), so there were no significant between sexes (P = .636). Of feet examined, none had values very supinated highly two (1.3%), 76 neutral (50.7%), 72 pronated (48.0%). values, 7.7% can be explained anthropometric variables: size (r2 0.077; P < .010).The most frequent postures pronated. Neither age nor BMI variations FPI.