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Background and Purpose: Sacroiliac joints are the link between the spinal column lower limb and pelvis. Any disfunctioning in the musculoskeletal structure or in the lower limb can cause sacroiliac tension leading finally to its curving. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the flat foot and the hamstring flexibility with the sacroiliac joint mobility.
Methods and Materials: This deh1ive analytical study was conducted on the students of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Iran throughout 2003-2005 and 700 students were selected through census sampling and examined. Medial longitudinal arch hamstring lemgthening and sacroiliac joint mobility were evaluated using Feis’s line SLR Laseque prone knee flexion and long sitting flexion. The study data were analyzed using chi-square and Fisher’s exact test.
Results: In this study 150 flat foot 153 nrmal foot 100 hamstring shortening and 100 normal hamstring were observed. 49.3% of the cases with flat foot (74 cases) had sacroiliac joint dysfunctiong. However normal foot together with scroiliac joint dysfunction was seen only in 58 cases (37.9%) (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Sacroiliac joint dysfunction is found in subjects with flat foot more than the normal ones. However this type of dysfunctioning is not caused by the hamstring tightening.
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