Abstract

Posture is not a just related to the standing position, as one generally considers, it has greater scope, considerations like proper positions for standing, sitting, walking, lying have definite definitions. Purpose of the study was to find out the percent of flatfoot in high school boys and girls. Two hundred high school students 100 boys and 100 girls were the subjects. Wet foot print test was used to know the intensity of flatfoot and percent analysis technique was used to analyze the data statistically. Results revealed that majority of the boys had 33% very poor foot structure, 24% poor, 26% average, 17% normal foot structure. and girls indicated they had 20% very poor foot structure, 35% poor, 30% average, 15% normal foot structure .It was concluded that Boys had a high percent of very poor foot structure than normal structure. Boys had a high percent of very poor foot structure when compared to girls. Girls had a poor foot structure than normal foot structure. Overall, majority of subjects had flatfoot with different intensity, they need to be taken care off for improvements.