A Morphometric Comparative Study on Static Footprints of National and Amateur Taekwondo Players

Year 2024, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 222 - 229, 31.12.2024

Nihat Sarıalioğlu

https://doi.org/10.18826/useeabd.1566039

Abstract

Aim: The aim of this study is to comparatively examine the static foot structures of national and amateur taekwondo athletes.
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional research that comparatively examines the anatomical foot structures of amateur and national taekwondo athletes. A total of 25 male national taekwondo athletes and 25 male amateur taekwondo athletes, aged between 19 and 27, voluntarily participated in the study. Initially, participants' height and body weight measurements were taken, and their body mass index were calculated. Subsequently, the footprint analysis method was used to evaluate their foot structures. The data were assessed using five parameters: Body mass index, length, width, Chippaux-Smirak Index, and Clark angle, and the results were statistically analyzed.
Results: The study results indicated significant differences between the groups in terms of body mass index, Chippaux-Smirak Index, and Clark angle parameters (p<0.05), while no significant differences were found in length and width parameters (p>0.05).
Conclusion: There were notable differences in the arch structures between national and amateur taekwondo athletes. National taekwondo athletes exhibited normal arch levels, whereas amateur taekwondo athletes showed lower arch levels

Keywords

Taekwondo athletes, Foot, Plantar arch.

Milli ve Amatör Tekvandocuların Statik Ayak İzleri Üzerine Karşılaştırmalı Morfometrik Çalışma

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, milli ve amatör tekvandocuların statik ayak yapılarının karşılaştırmalı olarak incelenmesidir.
Yöntem: Bu araştırma milli ve amatör tekvando sporcularının anatomik ayak yapılarını karşılaştırmalı olarak inceleyen kesitsel bir araştırmadır. Araştırmaya 19-27 yaş aralığında 25 erkek milli tekvandocu ve 25 erkek amatör tekvandocu gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Araştırmada katılımcıların önce boy uzunluğu ve vücut ağırlığı ölçümleri yapılmış ve vücut kitle indeksleri hesaplanmıştır. Daha sonra ayakizi analiz yöntemi kullanılarak ayak yapıları belirlenmiştir. Veriler, vücut kitle indeksi, ayak uzunluğu, ayak genişliği, Chippaux-Smirak indeksi ve Clark açısı olarak beş parametrede değerlendirilmiş, sonuçlar istatistiksel olarak analiz edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Araştırma sonuçlarında vücut kitle indeksi, Chippaux-Smirak indeksi ve Clark açısı parametrelerinde gruplar arasında anlamlı farklılık olduğu (p<0,05), uzunluk ve genişlik parametrelerinde ise anlamlı farklılık olmadığı tespit edilmiştir (p>0,05).
Sonuç: Milli ve amatör tekvandocular arasında özellikle ark yapıları açısından önemli farklılıklar bulunduğu, milli tekvandocuların ark yapılarının normal ark seviyelerinde, amatör tekvandocuların ise daha düşük ark seviyelerinde olduğu görülmüştür.

Keywords

Tekvando sporcuları, Ayak, Plantar kavis

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