Prevalence of flat foot in middle school students with endomorph somatotype and its relation to kinesthetic perception

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1 Teatcher of physical education

2 Professor of Sports Injuries and Physical Rehabilitation Department of Sports Health Sciences Head of the Department of Health Sciences Faculty of Physical Education Mansoura University.

3 Assistant professor of sports psychology Department faculty of physical education Mansoura University

4 Assistant Professor Department of Sports Health Sciences Faculty of Physical Education Mansoura University

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Prevalence of flat foot in middle school students with endomorph somatotype and its relation to kinesthetic perception

The research aims to identify endomorph somatotype among middle school students and its relation to flat foot and kinesthetic perception. Using the descriptive approach for its suitability to the objectives and questions of the research. The research sample was randomly selected from each stage of the first and second grade students in their school records for year 2021/2022. The research sample was chosen randomly among eight preparatory schools with 334 students.

The most important results were: statistically significant relation between the endomorph type and kinesthetic perception, a statistically significant relation between flat foot and kinesthetic perception, and the existence of a direct statistically significant relation between the endomorph type and flat foot, the endomorph type was 82 students with 24.55% of the total research sample.

The most important recommendations were: spreading postural awareness among physical education teachers to prevent and treatment of postural deviations in students, using kinesthetic perception exercises in physical education lessons, apply of kinesthetic perception tests which help teachers to identify the level of perception and give each category the appropriate motor skills to learn and acquire them well

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