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We hypothesized that individuals with greater generalized joint laxity, or hypermobility, would have greater dynamic medial midfoot pressure and loading during walking than nonhypermobile individuals.<jats:italic>Objective:<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title\/>\n          <jats:p> Case control.<jats:italic>Design:<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title\/>\n          <jats:p> Institutional biomechanics laboratory.<jats:italic>Setting:<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title\/>\n          <jats:p> Participants included 112 female soccer players between 11 and 21 years of age.<jats:italic>Patients or Other Participants:<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title\/>\n          <jats:p> Each participant was tested for generalized joint laxity using the Beighton and Horan Joint Mobility Index (BHJMI; range, 0\u20139) and was categorized as having either high (BHJMI score \u22654) or low (BHJMI score &lt;4) generalized joint laxity. Peak pressure and maximum force were calculated from a dynamic, barefoot plantar pressure distribution system.<jats:italic>Main Outcome Measure(s):<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title\/>\n          <jats:p> Peak pressure and maximum force were greater in the 27 participants categorized as having high generalized joint laxity than in the 85 participants categorized as having low generalized joint laxity. The midfoot region exhibited greater loading in participants with high generalized joint laxity than in the other participants. We found an effect of BHJMI classification in the medial midfoot; peak pressure in the dominant (<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>1,109<\/jats:sub> \u200a=\u200a 11.262, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> \u200a=\u200a .001) and nondominant (<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>1,109<\/jats:sub> \u200a=\u200a 14.32, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; .001) sides and maximum force in the dominant (<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>1,109<\/jats:sub> \u200a=\u200a 7.88, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> \u200a=\u200a .006) and nondominant (<jats:italic>F<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>1,109<\/jats:sub> \u200a=\u200a 9.18, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> \u200a=\u200a .003) sides were greater in the high generalized joint laxity group than in the low generalized joint laxity group.<jats:italic>Results:<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>\n        <jats:sec>\n          <jats:title\/>\n          <jats:p> Athletes classified as having high generalized joint laxity demonstrated increased midfoot loading. Delineation of risk factors for medial collapse of the foot, which include hypermobility in athletes, may help clinicians evaluate and prevent lower extremity injury with treatments, such as orthoses.<jats:italic>Conclusions:<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p>\n        <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-44.4.356","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,12,30]],"date-time":"2009-12-30T15:36:38Z","timestamp":1262187398000},"page":"356-362","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Generalized Joint Laxity Associated With Increased Medial Foot Loading in Female Athletes"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"Kim D.","family":"Barber Foss","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin R.","family":"Ford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory D.","family":"Myer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH"},{"name":"Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Provo, UT"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Timothy E.","family":"Hewett","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2557","reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"i1062-6050-44-4-356-Sekin1","series-title":"Rheumatol Int","first-page":"260","article-title":"The prevalence of joint hypermobility among high school students.","volume":"25","author":"Se\u00e7kin, U.","year":"2005","unstructured":"Se\u00e7kin, U., B. 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