The Relationship Between Extremity Preferences and Medial Longitudinal Arch Collapse and Movements of the Ankle and Hallux

Abstract

A AB BS S TTR RA AC CT T O Ob b j je ec c t ti i v ve e: : The aim of this study was in ves ti ga te the ef fect of he misp he re pre fe ren ce on medi al lon gi tu di nal arch col lap se le vel and ran ge of mo ti on of ank le and hal lux ex ten si on in both lo wer extre mi ti es and to de ter mi ne whet her the re was a dif fe ren ce bet we en the lo wer ex tre mi ti es. M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : The study was per for med on 142 uni ver sity stu dents (ma le 77, fe ma le 65) aged bet we en 18-27 (20.42 ± 1.441) ye ars who ag re ed to par ti ci pa te. Par ti ci pants comp le ted two qu es ti on nai res qu es ti o ning in di vi du al cha rac te ris tics, and hand and fo ot pre fe ren ces. Dor sif le xi on and plan tar flexi on of both ank les and ex ten si on of both hal lu ces we re me a su red using a uni ver sal go ni o me ter, and na vi cu lar drop (ND) in both fe et using the "na vi cu lar drop test." R Re e s su ut ts s: : No sta tis ti cally sig ni fi cant diffe ren ces we re de ter mi ned bet we en pre fer red and non-pre fer red si des in terms of plan tar fle xi on of the ank le (PFA) and ex ten si on of the hal lux (EH) (p> 0.05). Ho we ver, the dif fe ren ce bet we en pre fer red and non-pre fer red si des for dor sif le xi on of the ank le (DFA) was sig ni fi cant in ma les and in the entire gro up. In ad di ti on, the dif fe ren ce in ND bet we en pre fer red and non-pre fer red si des was al so sig ni fi cant. Sta tisti cally sig ni fi cant po si ti ve and ne ga ti ve cor re la ti ons we re de ter mi ned bet we en pre fer red and non-prefer red si de me a su re ments. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : Alt ho ugh the re was no sig ni fi cant dif fe ren ce bet we en the si des in any of the me a su re ments among fe ma les, the dif fe ren ces in DFA va lu es in ma les and in the entire group, and ND va lu es in the entire gro up bet we en pre fer red and non-pre fe red si des we re sig ni fi cant. This sug ges ted that he misp he re la te ra li za ti on co uld be inf lu en ti al in the ex tre mi ti es. The data obtained in this study could not explain the extremity preferences. However, they suggested that extremity preference was not based on the functional differences and it did not cause any difference in the function. K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Hallux; ankle; lower extremity Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Bu ça lış ma da he mis fer ter ci hi nin her iki alt eks tre mi te de ki me di yal lon gi tu di nal ark çök -me mik ta rı na, ayak bi le ği ek lem ha re ket açık lı ğı na ve ayak baş par ma ğı eks tan si o nu na et ki si ni ve alt eks tre mi te ler ara sın da fark oluş tu rup oluş tur ma dı ğı nı in ce le me yi amaç lan mış tır. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Bu ça lış ma; ka tıl ma yı ka bul eden 18-27 (20,42 ± 1.441) yaş ara sı 142 üni ver si te öğ ren ci si (er kek 77, ka dın 65) ile ya pıl mış tır. Ka tı lım cı la rın ki şi sel özel lik le ri ve el ile ayak ter cih le ri nin sor gu lan dı ğı iki ay rı anket for mu nu ta mam...