Introduction: Obesity causes various systemic diseases and musculoskeletal impairments. Increasing body adiposity causes an increase in loading of the joints leading to degeneration, pain. Core muscles are responsible for stability and balance; weak core musculature makes the body more prone to injury.
Aim: To correlate body mass index with foot posture and core stability in the young adult population Methodology: Cross-sectional study wherein 40 subjects were taken fulfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria. Body mass index was calculated first, following which foot posture was assessed using the Foot Posture Index. Core stability was assessed using time to failure prone plank test.
Results: There was a positive correlation of BMI with both left and right feet (p-value=0.0064, p-value=0.0299) respectively. Also there was a significant correlation between BMI and core stability (p-value=0.0376)
Conclusion: There was a correlation between BMI and foot posture as well as a correlation between BMI and core stability in the young adult population.
