Association Between Body Mass Index, Flat Foot And Knock-Knee Of Physical Education Students Of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the association between body mass index, flat foot and knock-knee of physical education students of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.
Methodology: The sample consisted of 125 university students, in the age category of 20 – 26 Years.
Measurement: - BMI: for taken the weight of the student electronic weight machine was use weight in kilogram,
Height: for taken the height of the student’s measure by stadiometer in centimetre.
Flatfoot: calculated by manually. Foot print taken on the paper, where as foot print divided into three sections A, B & C, and then the widest part of the foot divided by the narrowest part of the foot.
Knock-knee: for identify the knock-knee stand naturally with bare legs together. If there is knocking kneed, the knees should rotate slightly inwards until they touch, with the ankles separated.
Statistical analysis: To find out the association between the BMI flatfoot and knock-knee Pearson correlation employed. The level of significant was set at 0.01.
Result and discussion: The result showed a significant difference between the BMI and flatfoot and no significance difference with knock-knee among the physical education students of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, bilaspur Chhattisgarh
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