Manuscript Number : IJSRST196166
Correlation of Foot Structure Alteration with Grades of Obesity
Authors(3) :-Juilee Laxman Khadke, Mrudula Sangaonkar, Dr. Tushar Palekar Objectives: To assess foot structure alteration and correlate with grades of obesity Materials and Methods : 100 confirmed cases of overweight and obese samples within 19-35 years of age were taken and foot structure of the fore-foot, mid-foot and hind-foot and navicular drop were noted. Results: 100 of the samples showed altered foot structure, while, navicular bone was dropped markedly. Conclusion: The foot angle do alter in AP dimension with alteration of rarefoot to leg angle first followed by medial longitudinal arch and then navicular drop with forefoot angle. There are many factors for altered foot structure out of which overweight and obesity is one of them. Also, overweight and obesity is one of the serious factor as it can further lead to arthritis. Along with that, it can cause weakening of the lower limb extensor muscles. Timely interpretation and interventions along with weight loss will b the key entities to deal with it.
Juilee Laxman Khadke Overweight or obesity grade 1,2,3. Publication Details
Published in : Volume 6 | Issue 1 | January-February 2019 Article Preview
Intern, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Mrudula Sangaonkar
Assistant professor, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Dr. Tushar Palekar
Professor and Principal, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra
Date of Publication : 2019-02-28
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 442-451
Manuscript Number : IJSRST196166
Publisher : Technoscience Academy
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST196166
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