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Impact of Foot Deformation on Balance of Young Judoka

Abstract: Balance is one of the most important motor abilities for execution of throwing techniques in judo, es pecially among younger judoka in technique learning phase. Practice is pointing out the fact that today’s children are more subjected to foot arches deformation for many different reasons. The main goal of this paper is to determine the connection between flat feet and balance among young judoka. 44 female and male judoka, born in the years of 2008. and 2011., were chosen for this research. Participants were assigned to two groups, depending on flat foot grade, which is specified with a clinical test. All participants were measured in three balance tests, on both right and left leg: Standing Stork Test (SST), Modified Standing Stork Test (MSST) and Dynamic Standing Stork Test (DSST). Results are showing significant differences between subject groups in Modified Standing Stork Test and Dynamic Standing Stork Test. There is no significant difference in Standing Stork Test because of the inadequacy of the test for these age categories. This paper proves significant connection between flat feet and balance in judo which has a great impact on application of throwing techniques.

flat feet ; motor abilities ; judo techniques

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