Characteristics of adult flatfoot in the United States. Academic Article uri icon

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

published proceedings

  • J Foot Ankle Surg

author list (cited authors)

  • Shibuya, N., Jupiter, D. C., Ciliberti, L. J., VanBuren, V., & La Fontaine, J.

citation count

  • 74

complete list of authors

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

publication date

  • July 2010