الفهرس يوجد فقط 14 صفحة متاحة للعرض العام
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المستخلص
The purpose of this study was to detect the correlation between age, sex and body mass index with flat foot deformity in children. Four hundred fifty children ranged in age from 8 to 14 years participated in this study. They were classified according to their body mass index (BMI) into three main groups of equal numbers (normal-overweight-obese), Each group was divided according to gender into two sub groups (75 boys ,75 girls) , then each sub group divided according to age into equal three sub groups (from 8 to 10 years , from 10 to 12 years , and from 12 to 14 years ), each sub group composed of 25 children. Evaluation was done using the Foot Posture Index -6 (FPI-6) and foot print .The Foot Posture Index -6 (FPI-6) was used to asses foot posture while foot print was used to measure Stahili planter arch index(PI). The results of this study showed that there were significant statistical differences in FPI-6 score and PI between three main groups and between boys and girls, while there were no significant statistical differences in FPI-6 score and PI in relation to age. from the obtained data, it was concluded that there was significant positive correlation between BMI and gender with incidence of flat foot , while there was no significant correlation between age and incidence of flat foot