The Relationship of Dynamic Foot Posture with Injuries and Other Related Factors in Recreational Long Distance Runners

Foot posture is one of the risk factors that is thought to play a role in the occurrence of running-related injuries. This research aims to see if there is an association between foot posture and running-related injuries in long-distance recreational runners. Methods A cross-sectional research was conducted on 131 recreational long-distance runners (94 men and 42 women). Foot posture was determined by Arch Index values calculated from static and dynamic footprints, then tested whether it was associated with running-related injuries. The results showed that dynamic and static foot posture were not associated with running-related injuries in recreational long-distance runners (OR=0.67(0.21-2.20), 95% CI, p=0.516), (OR=0.87(0.29-2.61), 95% CI, p=0.806). On dynamic examination, low arch and high arch foot postures were not associated with running-related injuries in recreational long distance runners (OR=0.67(0.21-2.19), 95% CI, p=0.508), (OR=0.86(0.07-10.67), 95% CI, p=1.00). Most subjects had low arch foot posture on dynamic (83.8%) and static (82.4%) examination. Running-related injuries were found to be 28.7%, with most injuries in the knee (19.5%), calf (17.9%), and sole (15.6%) areas. The conclusions and suggestions in this research are that dynamic and static foot posture are not associated with running-related injuries in long-distance recreational runners, so further prospective research needs to be done to get a clearer picture of other risk factors that cause running-related injuries.