1. Study of the foot morphology of recreational marathon runners
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Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Mao-Jiun J. Wang, Kang-Hung Liu, Ling-Hui Chen, Pin-Ling Liu, and Chien-Chi Chang
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,General Engineering ,030229 sport sciences ,Sports biomechanics ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,medicine ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,business ,Recreation ,050107 human factors ,Foot (unit) - Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore the characteristics of the foot morphology of recreational marathon runners. We compared the foot dimensions data of recreational marathon runners with the data of non-habitual exercisers. The results indicated that the recreational marathon runners had significantly shorter feet and shorter fibulare instep. The lengths of the toes and halluces on their right feet were significantly shorter than those of the non-habitual exercisers. Based on the analysis of relative foot length, the recreational marathon runners had wider foot breadth, heel breadth, and ball girth circumference. In addition, the arches of recreational marathon runners had a higher arch height index value for both feet. more...
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- 2020
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