足部柔軟性の再現性と妥当性に関する研究 : 健常成人と障害高齢者における検討

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility and validity of our foot flexibility measurement method in 59 normal adults and 65 elderly subjects with disability living at home, and clarify the influences of age and disability on foot flexibility by comparing measurement values between the two groups. Foot flexibility did not differ between males and females, and the reproducibility was high (interclass correlation coefficient, 0.982). Foot flexibility was positively correlated with the ankle dorsiflexion angle (r = 0.43) but not with trunk flexibility. The foot flexibility, ankle dorsiflexion angle, and trunk flexibility in the disabled elderly group were 41.0%, 62.3%, and 65.8%, respectively, of the value in the healthy adult group. This suggests that foot flexibility is more markedly affected by age and disability. The foot flexibility measurement method used in this study showed high reproducibility and validity. Since there was no correlation between foot flexibility and trunk flexibility, foot flexibility may be a parameter independent of the flexibility of the entire body.
九州大学の論文
2005-03-25