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The purpose of this study were to identify the effect of medial longitudinal arch (MLA) height on static and dynamic balance among female athletes. The participants of this study were the active female athletes from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Samarahan Branch. The participants were divided into three groups according to their foot arch which include low (n = 30), normal (n = 30) and high (n = 30) arch height. The foot arch or structure was measured by using the wet test (WT). The stork stand test (SST) was used to assess participant static balance (SB), while the balance beam speed test (BBST) was used to assess participant dynamic balance (DB). Significant level was set at p < .05. The result showed that there was a significant difference between groups on SB (p = .041) and DB (p = .0001) test. There was also a significant difference (p = .014) between SB and DB for high arch group. There was no significant difference between SB and DB on low arch (p = .153) and normal arch (p = 1.00). Thus, the MLA height have effect on static and dynamic balance.
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Sam, S., Abu Talip, N.K. (2020). Effect of Medial Longitudinal Arch Height on Static and Dynamic Balance Among UiTM Female Athletes. In: Hassan, M., et al. Enhancing Health and Sports Performance by Design. MoHE 2019. Lecture Notes in Bioengineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3270-2_7
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