Flat foot and femoral anteversion in children—A prospective study

Zafiropoulos, George; Prasad, K S R K; Kouboura, Thomai; Danis, George

doi:10.1016/j.foot.2008.09.003

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“…The maximum age limit is fixed to 6 years old because it is considered the most suitable age to treat femoral antetorsion [22]. This age group is comparable to that found in the study by Zafiropoulos in 2009 [4].…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Furthermore, in 2008, Zafiropoulos [4] studied the flat foot deformity in a population of 651 children (1302 feet), aged between 3 and 6 years (mean 4.5). He found that 16.7% (95) has a flat foot with a Contact Index II greater than or equal to 0.88 (mean 0.93).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Zafiropoulos [4] studied the existence of a relationship between the hip intoeing and gait disturbance. Of 651 children examined, 72 had an intoeing gait with high angles of hips intoeing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The examination of the hip included the evaluation of intoeing and external rotation (Figure 1) and the femoral antetorsion (Figure 2), performed in two steps to ensure muscle relaxation via aspecific Plexiglas goniometerreferring to Zafiropoulos [4]. It is considered excessive if itis greater than orequal to 30˚.…”

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Children Flat Foot and Lower Limb Rotational Profile: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

Sonia¹,

Lazreg²,

Manel³

et al. 2015

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Flat foot in children is a common deformation, which appears during the first years of life. It requires a rigorous evaluation to rule out congenital or neurological abnormality. It is characterized by a decrease of the plantar concavity indeed collapse of the foot, often associated with other morphostatic deformations. The aim of this study is to find a correlation between the essential flat foot in children and lower limb disorders torsional. It is a cross-sectional descriptive study, recruiting 110 children (220 feet) aged between 3 and 6 years old. Each child was given an assessment of the morphology of the foot (Contact Index II…) and lower limb rotational profile (intoeing and femoral antétorsion and tibal torsion). Among 110 children, 21 (19.1%) have bilateral flat feet and 7 (6.4%) have unilateral flat feet, associated with an average value of Contact Index II equal to 0.921; the minimum value is 0.880 and the maximum value is 1.17. All children with flat feet have excessive femoral antétorsion; 45 (92%) are associated with a hip intoeing and 38 (80%) present an insufficient external tibial torsion. The analysis of multiple regression shows a significantly elevated correlation among the flat foot and excessive internal rotation of the hip (F = 70.36, r = 0.77, P < 0.001), excessive femoral antetorsion (F = 54.78, r = 0.73, P < 0.001) and insufficient external tibial torsion (F = 7.79, r = 0.37, P < 0.001).

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Children Flat Foot and Lower Limb Rotational Profile: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

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Manel³

et al. 2015

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“…Navicular is the most important bone that make up the arch but In [15] . The study examined that relationship to the concept of prior studies how to effect balance ability of ongoing maintenance of the arch.…”

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Medial Longitudinal Arch Balanced Analysis of the Calibration

Kim¹,

Lim²

2014

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology

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We analyzed how insole affects the dynamic stability and the balance while a body moves or stops. Specially we've sorted out variations of individual balance ability while we make a longitudinal arch stop artificially as a usual situation(just standing and putting one's weight). We found ten men and girls each with suitable feet for our experimentation as the subject of investigation and made individual insole for them by measuring medial longitudinal arch. Then we compared before and after movement of the power point of application and a pattern of COP using the Tetrax balance equipment. We found out it is better for balance ability when we wear insoles. It turned out to be helpful for increasing balance ability of body to use insole which supports medial longitudinal arch of longitudinal arch well.

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