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Table 3 Pearson’s correlations between ultrasound cross-sectional area and participant characteristics, foot morphology, pedobarography, hand-held dynamometry and balance measures

From: Reliability and correlates of cross-sectional area of abductor hallucis and the medial belly of the flexor hallucis brevis measured by ultrasound

 

Abductor Hallucis

 

Flexor Hallucis Brevis (Medial)

 

Variable

R

p

r

p

Participant characteristics

 Age

0.070

0.763

−0.205

0.373

 Weight

0.662**

0.001

0.305

0.179

 Height

0.559*

0.008

0.372

0.097

 BMI

0.502*

0.020

0.158

0.495

Foot morphology

 Foot length

0.582*

0.006

0.451*

0.040

 Truncated foot length

0.580*

0.006

0.483*

0.027

 Foot Posture Index

0.214

0.352

0.544*

0.011

 Arch height sit

0.597**

0.004

0.062

0.790

 Arch height stand

0.590**

0.005

0.089

0.702

Hand-held dynamometry

 Standing great toe force

0.011

0.964

−0.075

0.747

Pedobarography

 Stand max force great toea

0.645**

0.002

0.349

0.132

Balance

 Maximum step Right

0.443*

0.044

0.356

0.113

  1. Key: BMI Body mass index
  2. aMissing data n = 20 **significant p < 0.005, * significant p < 0.05