Comparison of static and dynamic balance in football players with and without soccer shoes

Aim: To compare static and dynamic balance in football players with and without soccer shoes.
Background: Balance is the condition in which all the forces acting on the body are balanced such that the center of mass is within the base of support. Balance depends on cutaneous and proprioceptive inputs from feet to central nervous system for stability and locomotion
Methodology: This was a comparison study. 60 football players with age groupbetween 18 to 25 years were included in the study. Static and Dynamic balance was assessed using single leg stance test and modified Star Excursion Balance Test (M-SEBT) on the same subject. Static balance was assessed using single leg stance test, which had two components- eyes open and eyes closed on one subject first with barefoot and then with soccer shoes and reading was recorded. Dynamic balance was assessed using M-SEBT test in three directions anterior, posteromedial and posterolateral and reading was recorded. results were statistically analysed.
Results:
1. Data was not normally distributed
2. Static balance was assessed with single leg stance test with eyes open and eyes close and it was found out to be better in barefoot subjects as compared to subjects wearing soccer shoes(p value <0.001)
3. Dynamic balance was assessed with modified SEBT test and it was found out to be better in subject wearing soccer shoes as compared to in barefoot subject (p value< 0.001)
Conclusions: static balance was better in barefoot subjects as compared to subjects wearing soccer shoes whereas dynamic balance was better in subjects wearing soccer shoes as compared to bare foot subjects.