Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Normative values for the Foot Posture Index. | BioMed Central Journal of Foot and Ankle Research Research Normative values for the Foot Posture Index Anthony C Redmond 1 Yvonne Z Crane1 and Hylton B Menz2 Open Access Address 1Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal Disease School of Medicine University of Leeds Leeds UK and 2Musculoskeletal Research Centre Faculty of Health Sciences La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria Australia Email Anthony C Redmond - Yvonne Z Crane - Hylton B Menz - Corresponding author Published 31 July 2008 Received 19 May 2008 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2008 1 6 doi 1757-1146-1-6 Accepted 31 July 2008 This article is available from http content 1 1 6 2008 Redmond et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The Foot Posture Index FPI is a validated method for quantifying standing foot posture and is being used in a variety of clinical settings. There have however been no normative data available to date for comparison and reference. This study aimed to establish normative FPI reference values. Methods Studies reporting FPI data were identified by searching online databases. Nine authors contributed anonymised versions of their original datasets comprising 1648 individual observations. The datasets included information relating to centre age gender pathology if relevant FPI scores and body mass index BMI where available. FPI total scores were transformed to interval logit scores as per the Rasch model and normal ranges were defined. Comparisons between groups employed t-tests or ANOVA models as appropriate and data were explored descriptively and
