The Relation of Foot Morphology to Performance in Three Vertical Jumping Tasks

The objective of this research is to relate the performance in three vertical jump events with morphological variables of the foot and stature. A total of 177 practitioners of 12 sporting events aged 24.5 ±8.0 years, with 71.01 ±13.00 kg of body mass, 1.71±0.09 m height, and BMI of 24.29±3.24 kg·m-2...

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Published in:International journal of morphology 2020-06, Vol.38 (3), p.545-551
Main Authors: Sánchez-Ramírez, Celso, Aguado, Xavier, Hormazábal-Aguayo, Ignacio, Alarcón, Eduardo
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Language:English
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ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY
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Summary:The objective of this research is to relate the performance in three vertical jump events with morphological variables of the foot and stature. A total of 177 practitioners of 12 sporting events aged 24.5 ±8.0 years, with 71.01 ±13.00 kg of body mass, 1.71±0.09 m height, and BMI of 24.29±3.24 kg·m-2 were evaluated with an anthropometer in terms of foot length (FL), forefoot width (FW), navicular height (NH), and hindfoot width (HW). These variables were normalized to the height of the subjects. From the footprint record the arch index (AI) was obtained, which indicates the morphology of the medial longitudinal foot arch (MLFA). Performance was evaluated in three vertical jump events: countermovement jump (CMJ), squat jump (SJ), and drop jump (DJ), recording the height reached. FL, FW and HW show a weak positive correlation (r
ISSN:0717-9502
0717-9502
DOI:10.4067/S0717-95022020000300545