Abstract

A questionnaire of laterality, which contains seventy items and other four questions that ask the consciousness of laterality of hand, foot, eye, and ear, was given to 123 female students. Twenty eight items asking hand preference were divided into four categories and tabulated respectively. Twenty one items asking foot preference were divided into six categories. The other items were categorized into three classes, i.e., trunk turning, movement with eyes, and movement with ears. The main purpose of this study was to identify the footedness for the exertion of muscle strength and the footedness for the functional use. In Group H, where the functional foot was asked, many subjects answered the use of right hand for the functional use. In Group H, where the functional foot was asked, many subjects answered the use of right hand for the functional use. It was proven that most subjects use the right foot in functional use as was hypothesized in the authors previous study. The dominant foot for the exertion of muscle strength was determined by the take-off foot for the broad jump and the high jump as was mentioned in the previous study. More than eighty per cent of subjects whose dominant foot for the exertion could be determined answered the same foot when the take-off foot of the hurdle run was asked. This justified the definition of dominant foot for the exertion of muscle strength mentioned above. There was no direkt relationship between both footedness. Verf.-Referat (gekuerzt)