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

Table 4 Partial Pearson’s correlations (controlling for truncated foot length) between ultrasound cross-sectional area and foot morphology, pedobarography, hand-held dynamometry and balance measures

	Abductor Hallucis		Flexor Hallucis brevis (medial)
Variable	r	p	r	p
Foot morphology
Foot Posture Index	0.275	0.240	0.631*	0.003
Arch height sit	0.403	0.078	−0.257	0.274
Arch height stand	0.437	0.054	−0.185	0.436
Hand-held Dynamometry
Stand great toe force^a	0.010	0.965	−0.087	0.714
Pedobarography
Stand max force great toe^a	0.562*	0.012	0.21	0.389
Balance
Maximum step Right	−0.029	0.903	−0.046	0.848

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