Relationships between Foot Type and Dynamic Rearfoot Frontal Plane Motion
Informed written consent was given by all
participants prior to their participation in
this study. Participants Twenty male and 20
female participants were recruited from the
University of Sydney student population for
participation in this study, mean age 32.4 yrs
(SD ± 4.7 yrs), mean height 171 cm (SD ± 8.9 cm)
and mean weight 69.5 kg (SD ± 4.1 kg). Only data
for the right foot was included. Participants
were classified as either pronated or normal
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according to reference values provided for the
FPI with a normal foot classified with a score of
0 to +5 and +6 to +9 indicative of a pronated foot
type. Equal numbers of males and females and
pronated and normal foot types were recruited
into each group.
Procedure
FPI was determined for all participants
recruited for this study by an experienced
Figure 1: Frontal and sagittal plane views of the marker set used for the definition of segments.