Umar Musa B T, Tafida Rabiu U
Department of Anatomy, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2013 Sep-Oct;103(5):369-73. doi: 10.7547/1030369.
Flat arches in children usually become proper arches and high arches as the child progresses through adolescence and into adulthood. Only if the deformity persists or presents in adolescence or adulthood is it considered abnormal. We sought to determine the incidence of flatfoot in schoolchildren and to make an anthropometric comparison between flat and normal feet with respect to age and sex in the Hausa ethnic group of Nigeria.
Two hundred 9- to 14-year-old students (100 boys and 100 girls) were studied. Navicular height, medial malleolar height, lateral malleolar height, foot length, and transverse arch length were measured with a ruler, marker, and measuring tape. Statistical analysis was conducted using analysis of variance and independent-samples t tests (P < .05).
The overall prevalence of flatfoot was 10% (n = 20) (7% in boys [n = 7] and 13% in girls [n = 13]). Statistically significant differences were found in all of the measured parameters except foot length. This study showed that flatfoot has a higher incidence in girls than in boys in the Hausa ethnic group, with the incidence decreasing with age.
Girls had a higher incidence of flatfoot than boys, and it was also influenced by age.
儿童的扁平足通常会随着孩子从青春期步入成年而逐渐变成正常足弓和高弓足。只有当畸形持续存在或在青春期或成年期出现时，才被认为是异常的。我们试图确定尼日利亚豪萨族学龄儿童扁平足的发病率，并就年龄和性别对扁平足和正常足进行人体测量学比较。
对200名9至14岁的学生（100名男孩和100名女孩）进行了研究。使用尺子、标记笔和卷尺测量舟骨高度、内踝高度、外踝高度、足长和横弓长度。采用方差分析和独立样本t检验进行统计分析（P < 0.05）。
扁平足的总体患病率为10%（n = 20）（男孩为7% [n = 7]，女孩为13% [n = 13]）。除足长外，所有测量参数均存在统计学显著差异。本研究表明，在豪萨族中，女孩扁平足的发病率高于男孩，且发病率随年龄增长而降低。
女孩扁平足的发病率高于男孩，且受年龄影响。
