Comparative Study of Plantar Load and Foot Posture Characteristics in Male Elite Squash Players and Non-Athletes in Taiwan

29 April 2025 : Clinical Research

Hsueh-Ping Han^{BCEF 1}, Tong-Hsien Chow

^{ABCDEFG 1*}, Chien-Chun Chang^{BCD 2}, Yu-Ling Lee^{BF 3}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947828

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947828

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Table 3 Plantar load distributions of the 5 regions of the participants.

Five regions	Control Group (n=33)		Squash Group (n=26)
Five regions	Left foot (%)	Right foot (%)	Left foot (%)	Right foot (%)
Forefoot	23.88±3.90	23.83±5.51	23.93±6.96^b	22.50±7.87^b
Midfoot	10.52±9.26	10.25±9.58	10.79±11.70	12.13±12.31^b
Rearfoot	15.60±5.12	15.92±4.89	15.28±5.72	15.37±6.07
Lateral foot	21.17±4.53	21.35±5.73	20.71±7.54^b	21.18±7.51^a
Medial foot	12.17±9.18	11.98±9.07	12.62±10.71	12.15±10.30
The static plantar load distributions of both feet are represented as the percentage of relative load (%) and values are given as mean±SD. Statistical significances of values were determined by the independent sample test. ^a ^b

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