ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Relationship between Changes in Foot Arch and Sex Differences during the Menstrual Cycle.
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- Effects of excess bodyweight and flexible Flatfoot on female stance-phase lower-limb biomechanics assessed by statistical non-parametric mapping.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predicting joint loading in Asian overweight and obese females with flexible flatfoot: a regression analysis of anthropometric parameters and gait dynamics.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2025Article
- Influence of gender, limb dominance, training experience, and loading conditions on arch characteristics in badminton players.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hormonal Fluctuation and Ankle Instability in Women-Is There a Correlation?Foot & ankle orthopaedics · 2024Article
- Changes in the mechanical properties of the thigh and lower leg muscle-tendon units during the early follicular and early luteal phases.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in Excitatory and Inhibitory Function in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex during the Early Follicular Phase: A Preliminary Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between changes in foot characteristics and sex differences during the menstrual cycle in healthy male and female university students. We examined 10 female subjects and 14 male subjects. The menstrual cycle was divided into the three phases: the early follicular phase, ovulatory phase, and luteal phase via basal body temperature, an ovulation kit, and salivary estradiol and progesterone concentration measurements. Foot characteristics required for the calculation of the arch height index (AHI) were measured using a three-dimensional foot scanner under conditions of 10% and 50% weight-bearing loads. Arch height at 50% of foot length and truncated foot length were measured, and AHI was calculated by dividing arch height by truncated foot length. Arch height flexibility (AHF) was defined as the change in arch height from 10% weight-bearing load to 50% weight-bearing load. AHI was significantly lower in females than in males in the early follicular and ovulatory phases but did not differ significantly between males and females in each phase. AHF did not differ significantly between males and females in each phase. AHI and AHF showed no periodic fluctuation, suggesting that sex differences in AHF may be absent.
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