Advantes in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of flexible flatfoot in children

ZHANG Jin; JIANG Shuyun; LI Yang; YU Yan; LU Xiaoying; LI Yiying

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.06.034

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ZHANG Jin, JIANG Shuyun, LI Yang, YU Yan, LU Xiaoying, LI Yiying. Advantes in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of flexible flatfoot in children[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(6): 946-950. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.06.034

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ZHANG Jin, JIANG Shuyun, LI Yang, YU Yan, LU Xiaoying, LI Yiying. Advantes in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of flexible flatfoot in children[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2023, 44(6): 946-950. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.06.034

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Advantes in diagnosis, prevention and treatment of flexible flatfoot in children

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2023.06.034

ZHANG Jin^{1, 2},
JIANG Shuyun^{1
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LI Yang¹,
YU Yan¹,
LU Xiaoying¹,
LI Yiying¹

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Centre for Gait and Movement Analysis, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai(200041), China

Received Date: 2022-11-21
Rev Recd Date: 2022-12-11

Available Online: 2023-06-28

Publish Date: 2023-06-25

Abstract

Abstract

Flexibleis an important classification of flat foot. Flatfoot occurs due to a variety of reasons and causes the medial longitudinal arch to collapse or disappear. However, many children still do not develop a normal foot arch as the grow, and a failure to intervene in a timely manner will greatly harm a child's normal mobility development. Timely detection and intervention are the key to improve the prognosis. There is a lack of uniform quantitative criteria for the diagnosis of flexible flatfoot. Currently, the commonly used diagnostic methods include physical examination, foot printing, plantar pressure test and imaging examination. This article reviews the risk factors, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of Flexible Flatfoot.
- Flatfoot,
- Diagnosis,
- Risk factors,
- Child

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