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Orient Journal of Surgical Sciences

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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital
Awka Anambra State Nigeria
Orient Journal of Surgical Sciences

Abstract

PREVALENCE OF HIGH ARCH FOOT IN A PAEDIATRIC POPULATION IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

Background: High arch foot is not uncommon among the pediatric age group. It predisposes the foot to further structural abnormalities and painful calluses due to unequal weight distribution over the metatarsal heads. The prevalence of this condition is not documented in our environment.

This study was done to estimate the prevalence of high arch foot among a paediatric population and also to assess its relationship with age, sex, and body mass index.

Patients and Methods: One thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight children aged 5 to 13 years were randomly selected from eight primary schools within the study area. Each child's sex, age, weight and height were documented. The body mass index was calculated using weight (kg)/height (m3). Each child's foot print was obtained by the ink method for both right and left feet, and graded into normal and high arch using the instep method. All data were entered into SPSS version 21 for sorting and analysis.

Results: Twelve children (8 females, 4 males) representing a prevalence of 0.7% were found to have high arch foot. The mean age of the population was 9.18±2.170 years with 1191 (67.8%) being 10 years and below. The mean BMI was 15.09±2.145 kg/m2 with 1641 (93.3%) being underweight. All the 12 cases with high arch foot were underweight. There was no significant relationship with age, sex, and BMI.

Conclusion: High arch foot is an uncommon foot abnormality in our environment. Sex, age, and BMI do not affect the prevalence.

Key words: High arch, Foot, Prevalence, Foot deformity.



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