Foot pressure in clubfoot—The development of an objective assessment tool

Value of the Fetal Plantar Shape in Prenatal Diagnosis of Talipes Equinovarus

“…Jain et al 2 first proposed the concept of the “foot bimalleolar angle” and proved that the clinical severity of the foot deformity and treatment results correlated well with the bimalleolar angle, showing that the bimalleolar angle, based on foot tracing, is a simple, objective, and reproducible clinical criterion for classifying the severity of the deformity and evaluating the treatment results. Herd et al 15 also measured the foot width and length and calculated the width to length ratio as the “bean shape ratio” to evaluate the severity of talipes equinovarus. They measured the foot length by marking and joining two points on the footprint: one at the most convex part of the heel and the other at the distal end of the hallux.…”

Clubfoot assessment: the complete IMAR footprint

“…Using these data, various ratios were defined. 22 PDT yielded visual information about the posture and position of the foot. DPBG provided the pedobarographic measurements.…”

“…The ratio of width-to-length is calculated (Figure 2). 22 Higher ratios define a bean-shaped foot which is wider and shorter. The more curved the foot in the transverse plane, the higher the bean-shape ratio.…”

“…Peak pressure recorded under specific areas of the foot namely the heel, lateral arch and five metatarsal heads are noted for this calculation (Figure 3). 22 Critical limits for these ratios are shown in Table 1. 23 Heel/Forefoot ratio e this is a ratio of peak pressure under the heel compared to the highest value under the five metatarsal heads.…”

Integrated monitoring application of patient progression: Clubfoot patient progression as case study

“…Monitoring is especially important in the planning and evaluation of treatment of clubfoot condition and can assist the prediction of prognosis [3]. Plantar pressure and foot-print studies offer the opportunity to record quantitative data, which is not only objective but also reproducible, an ideal combination suited to the evaluation of the clubfoot deformity [4].…”