Flat Foot and Its Association with Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Case-Control Study Utilizing Clarke’s Angle Measurement
Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Research Population.
|
| Subjects Characeristics |
MLBP (n=50) |
Healthy Controls (n=50) |
p value |
|
|
| Age |
50.92 ± 11.66 |
46.44 ± 11.23 |
0.115 |
|
| Weight |
57.86 ± 11.38 |
56.68 ± 12.09 |
0.956 |
|
| Height |
157.36 ± 6.79 |
157.72 ± 7.67 |
0.226 |
|
| Gender |
|
|
0.841 |
|
| Male |
23 (46 %) |
22 (44 %) |
|
|
| Female |
27 (64 %) |
28 (66 %) |
|
|
| BMI category |
|
|
0.754 |
|
| Underweight |
7 (14 %) |
11 (22 %) |
|
|
| Normal |
13 (26 %) |
13 (26 %) |
|
|
| Overweight |
12 (24 %) |
10 (20 %) |
|
|
| Obese |
18 (36 %) |
16 (32 %) |
|
|
| Foot type |
|
|
|
|
| Normal |
21 (42 %) |
41 (82 %) |
|
|
| Flat foot unilateral |
15 (30 %) |
6 (12 %) |
|
|
| Flat foot bilateral |
14 ( 28 %) |
3 ( 6 %) |
|
|
| Clinical characteristics of MLBP |
|
| Site of MLBP |
|
|
|
|
| Buttock |
1 (2 %) |
|
|
|
| Paravertebra |
49 (98%) |
|
|
|
| LBP Involvement |
|
|
|
|
| Right |
11 (22 %) |
|
|
|
| Left |
17 (34 %) |
|
|
|
| Bilateral |
22 (44%) |
|
|
|
| Pain severity |
|
|
|
|
| Low (NRS 1-3) |
13 (26%) |
|
|
|
| Moderate (NRS 4-6) |
37 ( 74%) |
|
|
|
| Severe (NRS 7-10) |
0 (0%) |
|
|
|
| Onset |
|
|
|
|
| Acute ( < 6 weeks) |
48 (96%) |
|
|
|
| Subacute ( 6 weeks - 3 months) |
2 (4 %) |
|
|
|
| Chronic ( > 3 months) |
0 (0%) |
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