Comparison of Vertical Jump Height in Professional Basketball Player with Flatfoot and Players without Flatfoot

Abstract

Objective: 1) To study the vertical jump height of the player without flat feet through vertical jump test.2) To study the vertical jump height of the player with flat feet through vertical jump test.3) To compare the difference of the vertical jump height in both the groups by the vertical jump test scale. Need of Study:Flat foot comprises of various biomechanical changes which includes overpronation of the foot. The overpronation of the foot affects the biomechanics of the legs and hence this leads to a series of changes in gait characteristics and may have effect on the activity like running, jumping, walking. As prevalence of the flatfoot among the basketball players is 23.32%. Thus, the vertical jump involved in basketball can also be assumed to be affected due to the biomechanical changes. A lot has been studied about the factors like speed of running, and foot posture as a whole, but there occurs no literature explaining the effect of flat foot on the vertical jump in basketball players, hence there was a need felt to analyse the effect of flat foot on vertical jump and its effect on the performance.