A Quick and Reliable Procedure for Assessing Foot Alignment in Athletes

作者：Mendonca Luciana De Michelis; Netto Bittencourt Natalia Franco; Amaral Giovanna Mendes; Diniz Livia Santos; Souza Thales Rezende; da Fonseca Sergio Teixeira^*

来源：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, 2013, 103(5): 405-410.

DOI：10.7547/1030405

Background: Quick procedures with proper psychometric properties that can capture the combined alignment of the foot-ankle complex in a position that may be more representative of the status of the lower limb during ground contact are essential for assessing a large group of athletes. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: The assessed lower limb was positioned with the calcaneus surface facing upward in a way that all of the marks could be seen at the center of the camera display. After guaranteeing maintenance of the foot at 908 of dorsiflexion actively sustained by the athlete, the examiner took the picture of the foot-ankle alignment. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: Intraclass correlation coefficients ranging from 0.82 to 0.93 demonstrated excellent intratester and intertester reliability for the proposed measurements of forefoot, rearfoot, and shank-forefoot alignments. The intraclass correlation coefficient between the shank-forefoot measures and the sum of the rearfoot and forefoot measures was 0.98, suggesting that the shank-forefoot alignment measures can represent the combined rearfoot and forefoot alignments. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: This study describes a reliable and practical measurement procedure for rearfoot, forefoot, and shank-forefoot alignments that can be applied to clinical and research situations as a screening procedure for risk factors for lower-limb injuries in athletes.

• 出版日期2013-10