The Evaluation and prevalence of foot problems among Iranian students using “alfoots” company scanner

dc.contributor.author	Yoosefinejad, Amin K.	en
dc.contributor.author	Ghalamghash, Reza	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T23:34:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T23:34:41Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-21
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1512
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	prevalence
dc.subject	Πλατυποδία
dc.subject	Flat foot
dc.subject	pes cavus
dc.subject	Scanning
dc.title	The Evaluation and prevalence of foot problems among Iranian students using “alfoots” company scanner	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Medicine
heal.classification	Ιατρική
heal.classification	Ιράν
heal.classification	Iran
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Iran
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2014-07
heal.bibliographicCitation	Yoosefinejad, A. & Ghalamghash, R. (July 2014). The evaluation and prevalence of foot problems among iranian students using “alfoots” company scanner. “Health Science Journal”. 8(3):393-399.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Foot problems, especially flat foot, are one of the most important reasons for children to refer to foot clinics. Misdiagnosis has serious complications for the patients in future. Studies carried out so far have used non precise methods such as observation to evaluate foot abnormalities. The aim of the present study was to determine the exact prevalence of foot problems in Iranian primary school students and to compare our results with the previous studies. Method and Material: It was a cross-sectional study performed between February 2009 and February 2013. 1652 students were recruited from the primary schools in Tehran and were analyzed using alfoots company scanner. Results: 830(50.3%) out of 1652 students had foot problems. 789 out of 830 students (48%) were diagnosed as flat foot. Conclusions: We reported a higher prevalence of flat foot in comparison to the previous studies. These differences can be attributed to methodologies. Our method is precise and non-time consuming in comparison to the methods used in other studies. Because of the serious secondary complications resulting from misdiagnosis of flat foot, it is better to use new technologies to evaluate foot problems.	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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