Podiatric disorders among children with Down syndrome and learning disability.
This study investigated podiatric pathology in seven- to 14-year-old children with Down syndrome (DS) and non-Down syndrome learning-disabled and non-learning-disabled age-matched controls. Several conditions, including pes planus, fissures, split toenails, increased plantar flexed first ray and a wide hallucal cleft were found to be more common in the DS group. Pes cavus and foot rigidity were more common in the non-DS learning-disabled group. In all groups the majority of children wore laced shoes, which were most ill-fitting among children with a learning disability. Approximately one-third in each group had abnormal foot-pressure prints. Greater care and professional awareness of podiatric pathology in children with learning disability is recommended.
University of Birmingham.
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Prasher
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Robinson
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Krishnan
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Chung
D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005530:Foot Deformities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D011312:Pressure; D015995:Prevalence; D012775:Shoes