Prevalence of flatfoot in Turkish male adolescents
Feridun Çilli, Özcan Pehlivan, Kenan Keklikçi, Mahir Mahiroğulları, Mesih Kuşkucu
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
Keywords: Adolescents; flatfoot; prevalence.
Abstract
Objectives: Prevalence of flatfoot in healthy Turkish male adolescents was investigated.
Patients and methods: The present study was carried out in a high school in İstanbul in July 2006. Twenty-two subjects with flatfoot were diagnosed among 3169 male adolescent participants. Prevalence of flatfoot was evaluated statistically in this certain age and gender group. Correlation of flatfoot with weight and height were evaluated.
Results: Prevalence of flatfoot was found to be 0.69%. Correlation of flatfoot with weight or height was not significant.
Conclusion: Rigid and resistant flatfoot can cause severe disability. Therefore, the possibility of flatfoot should be kept in mind in symptomatic male adolescents.