Prevalence faltfoot in primary school

Abstract

Flatfoot or often called pes planus or fallen arches is a flat or flat pedal arcus state, all parts of the foot attached or almost stick to the ground. A Flat foot can occur in children, adolescents, and adults. Many factors contribute to the occurrence flat foot include overweight, obesity, type of shoes used by children, standing and sleeping positions, rupture ligament or tendon on the feet, congenital disorder, post-trauma, genetic, neurological disorder, collagen disease. Flatfoot can cause long-term effects such as pain in the soles of the feet, knees, and ankles, balance disorders, bunions, hammer-toe, can lead to repeated acute trauma to cause deformity in the foot. This research used a cross-sectional method with sample clustering technique with double cluster random sampling method. A total of 123 primary school students as a sample of this study. It was found that more male subjects suffered from flat foot and there is no relationship between obesity and the incidence of flatfoot in elementary school-aged children in the city of Denpasar, Bali.