The Relationship between Planter Arch and Motor Ability in Children Aged 0 to 12

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  • ABE Keiko
    Faculty of Education, Osaka Seikei University, Osaka, Japan
  • MIMURA Tatsuya
    College of General Education, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, Japan
  • AKITAKE Hiroshi
    Faculty of Sport Study, Biwako Seikei Sport College, Shiga, Japan
  • MIMURA Kan-ichi
    Faculty of Education, Osaka Seikei University, Osaka, Japan

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  • 0歳から12歳における子どもの土踏まずの形成と運動能力との関連性

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The purposes of this study were to determine the development of plantar arch in children aged from 0 to 12, and also to determine the relationship between plantar arch and motor ability in different groups, namely boys and girls at preschool and school age, respectively. The plantar arches of 6802 subjects were scanned by Pedoscope, and the subjects were engaged in 3 field-based physical fitness tests: sprint (25m sprint in infants and 50m sprint in elementary school children), broad jump, and ball throw (tennis ball throw in infants and softball throw in elementary school children). The results showed that to age 6 or 7, about 70 % of children have the formation of longitudinal arch (normal-arch feet). Boys with flat feet exhibited lower motor ability than their counterparts with normal-arch feet. Although no definite correlations between flat feet and throwing ability have been identified from our data in girls, the sprint and jump abilities of girls with normal-arch feet were significantly greater than girls with flat feet.

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  • CRID
    1390571039718113536
  • NII Article ID
    130008095868
  • DOI
    10.32311/jsehs.63.2_167
  • ISSN
    24349127
    02850990
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Article Type
    journal article
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    • JaLC
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    • KAKEN
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