Assessment of Relationship Among Three Selected Methods of Longitudinal Plantar Arch in Physically Active Adults

The purpose of this study to assess the relationship among three selected methods of longitudinal plantar arch in physically active adults. A total of two hundred twenty three subjects (N = 223), of both the genders with the age range of 20 ±1.54 years of B.P.Ed and M.P.Ed 1^st year students from L.N.I.P.E Gwalior, were evaluated. Footprints acquisition was performed with pedograph in the bipedal position with bilateral weight bearing. Therefore total sample consisted of 446 plantar prints. After the plantar prints, the MLA classification variables were calculated: CSI, SI and AA. Means and standard deviations were calculated as descriptive statistics and to find out the relationship among three methods of foot arch, Pearson Product Moment correlation was employed and the level of significance was set at 0.01 level of confidence. The findings reveal that both Chipaux- Smirak Index (CSI) and Staheli Index (SI) methods were negatively correlated with the Alpha Angle (AA), whereas Chipaux- Smirak Index (CSI) method was positively correlated with the Staheli Index (SI) method.