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A Long-Term Follow-Up Of Young Adults With Idiopathic Clubfoot: Does Foot Morphology Relate To Pain?, Adam Graf, Ken N. Kuo, Nikhil T. Kurapati, Joseph J. Krzak, Sahar Hassani, Angela Caudill, Ann Flanagan, Gerald F. Harris, Peter A. Smith
A Long-Term Follow-Up Of Young Adults With Idiopathic Clubfoot: Does Foot Morphology Relate To Pain?, Adam Graf, Ken N. Kuo, Nikhil T. Kurapati, Joseph J. Krzak, Sahar Hassani, Angela Caudill, Ann Flanagan, Gerald F. Harris, Peter A. Smith
Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications
Background:
Individuals with clubfoot, treated in infancy with either the Ponseti method or comprehensive clubfoot release, often encounter pain as adults. Multiple studies have characterized residual deformity after Ponseti or surgical correction using physical exam, radiographs and pedobarography; however, the relationship between residual foot deformity and pain is not well defined. The purpose of the current study was 2-fold: (1) to evaluate the relationship between foot morphology and pain for young adults treated as infants for idiopathic clubfoot and (2) to describe and compare pedobarographic measures and outcome measures of pain and morphology among surgically treated, Ponseti treated, and typically …