Typification of the footprint of schoolchildren between 6 and 8 years of age in the urban population of the municipality of Pamplona Tipificación de la huella plantar de escolares entre 6 y 8 años de edad de población urbana del municipio de pamplona

Abstract

The foot is the human being's functional means of transportation, which is why it is convenient to analyze the dynamics and statics of this structure. Flat feet are one of the most frequent causes of children's medical consultation. The purpose of this research work has been to determine the characteristics of the footprint of boys and girls between six and eight years of age in the urban population of the city of Pamplona and to characterize the variations that have occurred in them; in order to identify the possible causes of these variations and the correction guidelines that can be carried out in this regard. The research was descriptive, cross-sectional, it was based on the assessment and analysis of the objective behavior of the human foot according to (Hernández Corvo, 2002); the functional analysis of the cupular mechanism and its support according to (Kapandji, 2010). An assessment test and predictive anthropometry were used to analyze the type of foot according to the descent of the plantar vault according to the plantar impression method with normal load taken with a specialized podometry unit and under the method of Hernández Corvo (2002). The study concludes that the majority of the subjects studied were classified as having a flat footprint, corresponding to 70.1% of the cases; which can generally be due to an insufficiency of the plantar ligamentous or muscular formations, which in turn cause structural alterations of the lower limbs.