Prevalence of flatfoot in Turkish male adolescents.
OBJECTIVE
Prevalence of flatfoot in healthy Turkish male adolescents was investigated.


METHODS
The present study was carried out in a high school in Istanbul in July 2006. Twenty-two subjects with flatfoot were diagnosed among 3169 male adolescent participants. Prevalence of flatfoot was evaluated statistically in this certain age and gender group. Correlation of flatfoot with weight and height were evaluated.


RESULTS
Prevalence of flatfoot was found to be 0.69%. Correlation of flatfoot with weight or height was not significant.


CONCLUSIONS
Rigid and resistant flatfoot can cause severe disability. Therefore, the possibility of flatfoot should be kept in mind in symptomatic male adolescents.
Cilli
Feridun
F
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. fcilli@yahoo.com
Pehlivan
Ozcan
O
Keklikçi
Kenan
K
Mahiroğullari
Mahir
M
Kuşkucu
Mesih
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000375:Aging; D005413:Flatfoot / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology