Tag Archives: Flatfoot

Dynamic data in obese children may suggest gait compensation

Low force values surprise researchers
An Austrian study exploring the role of genu valgum and flatfoot in obese and normal weight children found obesity was associated with higher peak plantar pres­sures, but lower maximum force while walking, when forces were normalized to body weight.

By Christina Hall Nettles

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Posted in 2012, October, Pediatric Clinical News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Experts debate relative benefits of screening feet for risk factors

Most question emphasis on flatfoot
The value of screening programs for pediatric foot problems—primarily flatfoot—was recently challenged in a commentary by Australian podiatrist Angela Evans, PhD, a researcher and lecturer in the Division of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide.

By Cary Groner

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Posted in Pediatric Clinical News, 2012, October | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

New papers revisit, rekindle flexible flatfoot controversy

“Other considerations” spark debate

In January 2010, when LER first covered the controversy, Australian podiatrist and researcher Angela Evans, PhD, had recently published a paper in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association suggesting that children whose feet were flatter than expected, but asymptomatic, should be monitored rather than automatically treated with orthoses.

By Cary Groner

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Posted in Pediatric Clinical News, 2011, July | Tagged , , | 2 Comments