Table 2 Relationship between range of motion and floating toes, by sides and movements.

From: Prevalence of impaired foot function in baseball players with and without disabled throwing shoulder/elbow: a case–control study

Side

Trait

With floating toes

Without floating toes

P

Throwing side

Hip internal rotation

34.0 ± 1.6°

37.1 ± 1.1°

0.11

Hip external rotation

46.1 ± 0.9°

48.9 ± 1.2°

0.14

SLRT

61.6 ± 1.1°

62.1 ± 0.7°

0.74

Ankle dorsiflexion

29.2 ± 0.9°

28.4 ± 0.6°

0.44

Ankle plantar flexion

51.3 ± 1.0°

54.2 ± 0.7°

0.01*

Non-throwing side

Hip internal rotation

38.4 ± 1.5°

37.7 ± 1.2°

0.71

Hip external rotation

47.1 ± 1.4°

46.3 ± 1.0°

0.64

SLRT

63.1 ± 1.0°

63.1 ± 0.8°

0.98

Ankle dorsiflexion

28.3 ± 0.7°

28.6 ± 0.6°

0.76

Ankle plantar flexion

52.5 ± 0.9°

53.5 ± 0.7°

0.36

  1. SLRT straight leg raising test.
  2. Symbol ° stands for degrees.
  3. *Denotes statistically significant.
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