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ArticleJournal of foot and ankle research2018

Being barefoot. Prevalence at home, in school and during sport: a cross-sectional survey of 714 New Zealand secondary school boys.

Peter Francis, Grant Schofield, Lisa Mackay

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Article in Journal of foot and ankle research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter Francis1Musculoskeletal Health Research Group, School of Clinical and Applied Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9720-6253
Grant Schofield2Human Potential Centre, School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Lisa Mackay2Human Potential Centre, School of Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Auckland University of Technology · NZNIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt may be assumed that a combination of culture, climate and economic resource are the major reasons that non-industrialised countries have a higher prevalence of barefoot activity. New Zealand is an industrialised country with comparable resources to that of many European countries; however, it seems to remain socially acceptable to carry out barefoot activities. A chance observation of students competing barefoot on a tartan track, prompted us to determine the prevalence of barefoot activity in an all-boys secondary school in Auckland New Zealand.

methodAn 11-question survey was administered at an Auckland boys secondary school, of high socioeconomic status, to determine the footwear habits of students (

results45% (95% CI: 41.5-49.5%) of the participants in our sample were classified as habitually barefoot. More than half of the sample reported being barefoot most of the time at home (

conclusionThe results of this survey demonstrate that over 50% of students at an all-boys secondary school in Auckland, of high socioeconomic status, are barefoot at home, during physical education and sport half of the time or more. These results may point towards a cultural difference between New Zealand and other modern industrialised countries.

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Adolescent BehaviorFootAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesHumansMaleNew ZealandSchoolsShoesSportsYoung AdultAthleticsBarefootFootwearRunningShoes

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PMID30034544
PMCPMC6052583
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