INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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Background: It has been found that extreme physical demands imposed by dancing techniques causes musculoskeletal injuries in dancers. A major causative factor for the changed kinematics of the lower limbs is the altered posture of the feet. Any deviation from the neutral calcaneal position may cause compressive loading of joints due to incorrect direction of weight bearing forces, there is a need to assess the foot posture of Bharatanatyam dancers in order to understand the effect of repetitive tapping of feet during the dance.
Objective: The objective of this study of the study was to determine and compare the foot posture between the Bharatanatyam dancers and age matched non dancers using the Foot Posture Index.
Method: Research was carried out Convenience samples of 30 Bharatanatyam dancers were taken between ages 18 years and above and 30 age matched control group was also taken. An informed consent was taken before the procedure. Subjects who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were taken into study group and control group respectively. Following baseline information foot posture index was measured of both the groups, Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the foot posture between the study and control group and t- test was used to compare the foot posture index score with in the Bharatanatyam dancers left foot and right foot. Confidence interval was computed as 95% for the present study
Results: Results showed that Bharatanatyam dancers have more pronated foot posture as compared to the control group. The six individual components also showed significant difference indicating increased pronation.
Conclusion In view of the results of the study, it was concluded that the Bharatanatyam dancers have increased pronation of foot compared to control group.
Keywords:
Foot posture, Bharatnatyam, Foot pronation
Cite Article:
"COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF FOOT POSTURE IN BHARATNATYAM DANCE FORM ", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.a883-a899, March-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303095.pdf
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