A survey of lower extremity alignment in the athletes affected by shin splint

The aim of present research was to study the lower extremity alignment in the athletes affected by shin splint. Statistical sample included; 12 athletes affected by shin splint and 12 healthy athletes were selected as a research subjects. Foot pronation, supination and neutral position, femoral anteversion and tibial torsion were measured by the foot posture index (IPF) and CT scan. The gathered data has been analyzed by independent t test at the level of (p<0/05) by the SPSS software. Findings showed that significant difference between average of IPF in the two (p<0/05). Also there wasn’t significant difference between average tibial groups torsion and femoral anteversion angle in the two groups (p>0/05). Average of IPF for the subjects affected by shin splint was in the pronation area, therefore the shin splint must be prevented by early intervention before the exercise via examining pronated foot.