Characteristics of the foot and dynamic balance in Colombian basketball players, soccer players and volleyball players

Authors

  • Miguel Angel Campo Ramírez Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte, Colombia
  • Gabriel Hernández Oñate Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte, Colombia
  • David Eliecer López Salamanca Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.40.01.512.249

Keywords:

prevention, postural balance, athletics injuries, foot

Abstract

Introduction: Dynamic balance is the basis of all sports motor activities, its deficit is associated with the risk of injury. Variables such as the footprint and the windlass mechanism could influence this balance. Currently there are no studies that relate these elements in athletes. The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of the plantar footprint and the MW on the dynamic balance in Colombian athletes. 

Methodology: Cross-sectional and correlational study. 193 basketball (n=45), soccer (n=102) and volleyball (n=46) athletes participated. The dynamic balance was evaluated using the Y test. To determine the type of foot, the Herzco method and the Jack test were used to evaluate the WM. 

Results: Statistically significant differences were found in the dynamic balance according to the footprint in basketball H(2)=9.033, Sig.=0.01; 1- ? =.202, ?2=.205. In the Post Hoc Test, there were differences between the plano-cavo (p=0.012) and neutral-cavo (p=0.01) footprints. There were also differences in dynamic balance according to the behavior of the windlass mechanism in basketball Z=-4.164, U=69.0, Sig=0.000, 1- ? =.70 r=0.620. In soccer and volleyball, the influence of the type of footprint on the dynamic balance was not observed and the windlass mechanism only influenced some of the YBT's reaches. 

Conclusions: The dynamic balance could be affected by the type of footprint and the windlass mechanism in basketball players. The cava footprint and the absence of the windlass mechanism were associated with higher performance in dynamic balance. Future research will explore this relationship in samples with a higher prevalence of dig-mark in the different disciplines. 

Author Biographies

Miguel Angel Campo Ramírez, Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte, Colombia

Fisioterapeuta de la Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte. Especialista
en Fisioterapia del deporte de la misma universidad. Magíster en Epidemiología
de la Universidad Libre. Docente Facultad de Salud y Rehabilitación, Institución
Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte. miguel.campo@endeporte.edu.co.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1122-8882 . https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0001757370.

Gabriel Hernández Oñate, Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte, Colombia

Fisioterapeuta de la Universidad del Valle. Especialista en Actividad Física de
la Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte. Magíster en
intervención integral en el deportista de la Universidad Autónoma de Manizales.
Docente Facultad de Salud y Rehabilitación, Institución Universitaria Escuela
Nacional del Deporte. gabriel.hernandez@endeporte.edu.co.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3652-102X. https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/cvlac/
visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000233781.

David Eliecer López Salamanca, Institución Universitaria Escuela Nacional del Deporte, Colombia

Fisioterapeuta de la Universidad del Valle. Magíster en Epidemiología de la misma
universidad. Docente Universidad del Valle. david.lopez@endeporte.edu.co.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8811-1404. https://scienti.minciencias.
gov.co/cvlac/visualizador/generarCurriculoCv.do?cod_rh=0000032492.

Published

2024-02-29

How to Cite

Campo Ramírez, M. A., Hernández Oñate, G., & López Salamanca, D. E. (2024). Characteristics of the foot and dynamic balance in Colombian basketball players, soccer players and volleyball players. Salud Uninorte, 40(1), 143–159. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.40.01.512.249

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