Evaluation of occurrence of hallux valgus based on images from podoscope in children

Sztandera Paulina, Szczepanowska-Wołowiec Beata, Kotela Ireneusz. Evaluation of occurrence of hallux valgus based on images from podoscope in children. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(6):480-491. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.821702 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4572 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 03.06.2017. Revised: 20.06.2017. Accepted: 30.06.2017. Evaluation of occurrence of hallux valgus based on images from podoscope in children Paulina Sztandera1, Beata Szczepanowska-Wołowiec2, 3, Ireneusz Kotela2, 4 1Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland 2Department of Rehabilitation in Disease of the Locomotor, Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland Head of the Department: Prof. Ireneusz Kotela MD, PhD 3Rehabilitation Department, Regional Polyclinical Hospital, Kielce, Poland Head of the Department: Grażyna Ściegienna-Zdeb MD 4Clinical Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland Head of the Department: Prof. Ireneusz Kotela MD, PhD Key word: podoscope, children, hallux valgus angle Abstract Inroduction and aim of the study. Hallux valgus is a deformity where there is a lateral deviation of the proximal phalanx of the big toe. The objective of the study was investigation of the occurrence of hallux valgus based on the image from a podoscope in children, examination of the effect of ill-fitted footwear on the development of this complaint. Material and method The study covered 184 children, aged 7-13. The children were examined in their underwear, without shoes and socks. Body weight and body height was measured. The image of the feet on a podoscope was done at full load. The hallux valgus angle α, the Clarke’s angle and the Wejsflog’s index were calculated. The software calculated the correct size of the footwear which should be worn by the children. This size was compared with the size of the shoes which a child had during the examination. Results. The problem of hallux valgus affects 26% of the children. Hallux valgus more frequently concerned the left foot. In 8% of cases hallux valgus concerned both feet. Conclusions. Hallux valgus in the examined group more often concerned girls than boys. The hallux valgus angle α increased with age. Children who had a normal hallux valgus angle α had higher values of the Clarke’s angle. In the group of children examined, no statistically significant relationship was found between hallux valgus angle α and the fitting of footwear, Wejsflog’s index and the BMI