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Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2001;25(5):867-876.
Prevalence of the Flatfoot and Its Relation with the Practice of Wearing Footwear of Primary School Children in Korea.
Park, Geun Young , Lee, Won Chul
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.
2Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea.
우리 나라 초등학생의 편평족 유병률 및 신발 착용 습관과의 연관성
박근영, 이원철1
가톨릭대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실, 1예방의학교실
Abstract

Objective
The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence of flatfoot and to investigate relationship between flatfoot and the practice of wearing footwear.


Method
Four hundred-one subjects were interviewed and evaluated with foot printing for flatfoot and measured with foot and shoe tracing for foot and shoe size.


Results
The prevalence of flatfoot in the subject was 18.7%, and flatfoot was significantly associated with weight, body mass index, and obesity. Only parental parameter significantly associated with flatfoot. There was no significant relation between flatfoot and the other parameters such as footwear type before entrance into a primary school, present footwear type, duration of wearing footwear each day, and age when footwear first worn.


Conclusion
The flatfoot was related with obesity, body mass index, weight, and parent parameter.

Key Words: Flatfoot, Footwear, Children, Obesity, Foot length
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