Low back pain in persons with congenital club foot.
Ninety-three persons with congenital talipes equinovarus were investigated in order to analyse the frequency of LBP and to relate these findings to the deformity of the foot. Eight-eight per cent of the feet had some residual deformity. One third of the individuals had a difference in the length of the lower extremities and one fifth did walk with a limp. The frequency of LBP and LBP resulting in sick compensation was not increased in this group in comparison with the whole population in the same age group. There was no over-representation of LBP in the groups with residual deformity, with limping or with leg length discrepancy.
D000328:Adult; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male