Characteristics of adult flatfoot in the United States

Naohiro Shibuya; Daniel C. Jupiter; Louis J. Ciliberti; Vincent VanBuren; Javier La Fontaine

doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2010.04.001

Characteristics of adult flatfoot in the United States

Naohiro Shibuya, Daniel C. Jupiter, Louis J. Ciliberti, Vincent VanBuren, Javier La Fontaine

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Abstract

Many factors have been suggested to cause flatfoot deformity. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for flatfoot deformity, which itself can be a causative factor for other foot and ankle pathologies. The National Health Interview Survey (Podiatry Supplement) from 1990 was analyzed to determine associations of various demographic factors and other foot and ankle pathologies with self-reported flatfoot deformity. We found statistically significant (P ≤ .05) associations of flatfoot with age, male gender, BMI, white-collar occupation, veteran status, bunion, hammertoe, calluses, arthritis, and poor health. Treatment and prevention of flatfoot may have an effect on an individual's overall health and occurrence of other foot and ankle pathologies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	363-368
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume	49
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2010.04.001
State	Published - Jul 2010

Keywords

Arthritis
Bunion
Callus
Epidemiology
Hammertoe
Survey
Tibialis posterior tendon
Veteran

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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