著者

吉田 早織 中村 豊

出版者

東海大学

雑誌

東海大学スポ-ツ医科学雑誌 (ISSN:09153659)

巻号頁・発行日

no.19, pp.69-74, 2007

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The purpose of this study is to examine the training effect to the foot by having three-week training period on sand with a bear foot. Footprints were taken before and after the training period. From footprints, the number of toes that was contacting to the ground and the development of medial arch were compared. 53 male college American football players who were not having injury to lower extremities participated in this study. The findings are as follows : 1) There was an increase of the number of toes contact to the ground after the training period. 2) There was a tendency of the development of the medial arch. 3) There was a larger improvement in left foot with both the number of toes contact to the ground and the development of medial arch.