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Flat Foot and Its Association with Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Case-Control Study Utilizing Clarke’s Angle Measurement
World Journal of Clinical Medicine Research
| Vol 5, Issue 1
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%) | |||||