Anthropometric study of patients treated for clubfoot.
The anthropometric characteristics of patients treated for clubfoot were used to investigate whether the dimensions of the foot were affected by the method of treatment. A total of 68 patients followed up for an average of 9 years were divided into three groups: group 1, conservatively treated; group 2, surgically treated; group 3, conservatively treated on one side and surgically treated on the other. The following average discrepancies in foot length were obtained: group 1, 0.91 cm; group 2, 1.5 cm; group 3, 1.09 cm. Toe lengths were shorter to the same extent as the other dimensions of the foot. These discrepancies were statistically significant. The following average discrepancies in foot width were obtained: group 1, 0.05 cm; group 2, 0.37 cm; group 3, 0.054 cm; these were insignificant. The authors believe that the degree of discrepancy may depend not solely on the method, but on the severity of the deformity as well.
Kesemenli
Cumhur Cevdet
CC
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital of Medicine Faculty of Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. ccevdet@dicle.edu.tr
Kapukaya
Ahmet
A
Subaşi
Mehmet
M
Necmioglu
Serdar
S
Arslan
Hüseyin
H
Ozbag
Davut
D
Celik
Yusuf
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome