The relationship between paediatric foot posture and body mass index: do heavier children really have flatter feet?

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Angela M Evans, Leila Karimi

Abstract

Several studies have found positive correlation between flatfeet and increased body mass in children. One study, utilizing a differing method of foot posture assessment, found the inverse. The purpose of this study was to further explore the relationship between children's foot posture and body mass, utilizing the foot posture index in a large study population, as opposed to the footprint based measures of most previous studies. Data for both foot posture index (FPI) and body mass index (BMI) for healthy children were acquired from five previous studies. The amalgamated dataset comprised observations for both BMI and FPI-6 in 728 children aged from three to 15 years. Three FPI-6 scores levels defined the range of flatfeet detected: FPI-6 ≥ +6; FPI-6 ≥ +8; FPI-6 ≥ +10. BMI cut-points were used to define overweight for each age group. In the study population of 728 children, flatfeet (FPI ≥ +6) were found in 290 (40 %) cases and non-flatfeet in 438 (60 %) cases. FPI ≥ +8 yielded flatfeet in 142 (20 %) cases and FPI ≥ +10 yielded flatfeet in 41 (5 %) cases. Whilst 272 (37 %) children were overweight, only 74 (10.1 %) of the overweight children had flatfeet (FPI ≥ +6), which diminished to 36 (4.9 %) at FPI ≥ +8, and 9 (1.2 %) at FP...Continue Reading

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Jul 4, 2019·Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health·Gabriel Gijon-NogueronAngela M Evans
Feb 20, 2019·BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders·Michał BrzezińskiZbigniew Ossowski
Apr 17, 2019·BMJ Open·Gabriel Gijon-NogueronAngela Margaret Evans
Jul 4, 2017·Journal of Foot and Ankle Research·Barbarah Kelly Gonçalves de CarvalhoSílvia Maria Amado João
Aug 18, 2017·Journal of Foot and Ankle Research·Hayley UdenRyan Causby
Jun 2, 2018·Journal of Foot and Ankle Research·Helen A BanwellCylie M Williams
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