Background: The ankle and foot complex play a critical role in maintaining erect posture, as also in adaptation to supporting surfaces, The Foot Posture Index (FPI), which was developed by Redmond AC in 1998. FPI provides quantitative measurements of the typical deviations of foot posture and is sensitive enough to detect any structural dysfunction in the foot. The BMI is defined as the body mass divided by the square of the body height, and is universally expressed in units of kg/m2, resulting from mass in kilograms and height in meters. Commonly accepted BMI ranges are underweight: under 18.5, normal weight: 18.5 to 25, overweight: 25 to30, obese: over 30. Purpose: To find the effect of foot posture index associated with body mass index and standing balance in healthy population Materials and Methods: An observational study with 30 participants age between 18 to 30 were recruited in the study, where body mass index, foot posture index and standing balance was noted using the balance master. Results: The study revealed that no statistically significant difference between the foot posture index, body mass index and standing balance Conclusion: There is no effect of foot posture index associated with body mass index and standing balance in healthy population .
Relevance: Heel pain is one of the most common conditions leading to functional disabilities seen worldwide. There are different methods to manage heel pain, conservatively, and/or surgically. Physiotherapy treatment, as a part of conservative management, involves reduction of pain and improvement of functional ability by various approaches like exercise therapy, electrotherapy and manual therapy techniques. Various studies have shown that Diadynamic current and MENS along with conventional treatments give significant beneficial effects in pain reliving. Hence the present study was undertaken to compare and see the effect of Diadynamic current and MENS in heel pain. Participants: 30 subjects (mean age 25.73 ± 6.56) diagnosed with heel pain were recruited from OutPatient
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