Relationship between plantar pressure distribution and sagittal spinal curvatures

What is it about?

Handball affects the spinal anterior–posterior curvatures and disturbs the foot plantar pressure which provides insights into alterations in an individual's posture. However, little is known about how the mal-alignment affects the distribution of plantar pressure. To investigate the relationship between the thoracic kyphosis angle, and plantar pressure distribution among handball players. Handball players with greater thoracic kyphosis angle have greater lumbar lordosis angle. Increasing the thoracic kyphosis angle is strongly associated with increased FPP and decreased RPP. While there is no relationship between the lumbar lordosis angle and FPP or RPP.

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Why is it important?

There are no reports concerning the effect of the spinal curvature angles on the plantar pressure distribution.

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