The foot’s key structural variables as essential diagnostic predictors in assessing overall postural stability in school-aged children: a cross-sectional study

Introduction: The WHO Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (2018) on the health status of adolescents in Europe highlights an escalation of factors instrumental in the development of postural defects, which may consequently deteriorate into serious postural complaints in adulthood. Aim of the research: To investigate the correlations between the morphological structure of the foot and postural stability in children and adolescents. Material and methods: The study sample comprised 627 children (aged 10–15 years), who had the plantar part of their feet assessed in static conditions with a 2D Podoscan. Individual foot loading paradigm variables were assessed with a baropodometric platform. Postural assessment was completed with 2D Videography, facilitating morphological measurements of body asymmetry. Results: Valgus of the knees, Clarke’s left foot angle, and Wejsflog index values also doubled as strong predictors of centre of the foot’s pressure (COP) length. A negative correlation was established between the COP length and obesity, hallux valgus of the left foot

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