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Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y)
Floating toe (FT) is a frequently seen condition in which a toe is inadequately in contact with the ground. Although toes play an important role in stabilizing standing posture and walking, many aspects of the effects of FT on the body remain unclear. To our knowledge, there have been no reports abo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7990192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246010 |
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author | Fujimaki, Taro Wako, Masanori Koyama, Kensuke Furuya, Naoto Shinohara, Ryoji Otawa, Sanae Kobayashi, Anna Horiuchi, Sayaka Kushima, Megumi Yamagata, Zentaro Haro, Hirotaka |
author_facet | Fujimaki, Taro Wako, Masanori Koyama, Kensuke Furuya, Naoto Shinohara, Ryoji Otawa, Sanae Kobayashi, Anna Horiuchi, Sayaka Kushima, Megumi Yamagata, Zentaro Haro, Hirotaka |
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description | Floating toe (FT) is a frequently seen condition in which a toe is inadequately in contact with the ground. Although toes play an important role in stabilizing standing posture and walking, many aspects of the effects of FT on the body remain unclear. To our knowledge, there have been no reports about the relationship between FT and postural stability, especially in children. This study aimed to clarify the prevalence of FT and its relationship with static postural stability in children. Of the 400 children aged 8 years who participated in our cohort study, 396, who were examined for static postural stability, were included in this study. Postural stability and FT were assessed using a foot pressure plate. The sway path length of the center of pressure and the area of the ellipse defined as the size of the area marked by the center of pressure, were measured as an evaluation of static postural stability. We calculated the “floating toe score (FT score: small FT score indicates insufficient ground contact of the toes)” using the image of the plantar footprint obtained at the postural stability measurement. The rate of FT was elevated at more than 90%, and the FT score in the eyes-closed condition was significantly higher than that in the eyes-open condition in both sexes. The FT score significantly correlated with the center of pressure path and area. Our results suggest that ground contact of the toes is not directly related to static postural stability in children, but it may function to stabilize the body when the condition becomes unstable, such as when the eyes are closed. |
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spelling | pubmed-79901922021-04-05 Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y) Fujimaki, Taro Wako, Masanori Koyama, Kensuke Furuya, Naoto Shinohara, Ryoji Otawa, Sanae Kobayashi, Anna Horiuchi, Sayaka Kushima, Megumi Yamagata, Zentaro Haro, Hirotaka PLoS One Research Article Floating toe (FT) is a frequently seen condition in which a toe is inadequately in contact with the ground. Although toes play an important role in stabilizing standing posture and walking, many aspects of the effects of FT on the body remain unclear. To our knowledge, there have been no reports about the relationship between FT and postural stability, especially in children. This study aimed to clarify the prevalence of FT and its relationship with static postural stability in children. Of the 400 children aged 8 years who participated in our cohort study, 396, who were examined for static postural stability, were included in this study. Postural stability and FT were assessed using a foot pressure plate. The sway path length of the center of pressure and the area of the ellipse defined as the size of the area marked by the center of pressure, were measured as an evaluation of static postural stability. We calculated the “floating toe score (FT score: small FT score indicates insufficient ground contact of the toes)” using the image of the plantar footprint obtained at the postural stability measurement. The rate of FT was elevated at more than 90%, and the FT score in the eyes-closed condition was significantly higher than that in the eyes-open condition in both sexes. The FT score significantly correlated with the center of pressure path and area. Our results suggest that ground contact of the toes is not directly related to static postural stability in children, but it may function to stabilize the body when the condition becomes unstable, such as when the eyes are closed. Public Library of Science 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7990192/ /pubmed/33760833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246010 Text en © 2021 Fujimaki et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Fujimaki, Taro Wako, Masanori Koyama, Kensuke Furuya, Naoto Shinohara, Ryoji Otawa, Sanae Kobayashi, Anna Horiuchi, Sayaka Kushima, Megumi Yamagata, Zentaro Haro, Hirotaka Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y) |
title | Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y) |
title_full | Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y) |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y) |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y) |
title_short | Prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: The Yamanashi adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS-Y) |
title_sort | prevalence of floating toe and its relationship with static postural stability in children: the yamanashi adjunct study of the japan environment and children’s study (jecs-y) |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7990192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246010 |
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