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Flat foot is a common health condition that prevails among children as well as adults. This paper analyses the relationship between age and gender with the prevalence of flat feet among primary school children. The results are validated on 424 primary school children (254 males and 170 females) between the age of 6 years to 10 years in Delhi, India. The foot imprinter plate as well as physical and photographic assessment was used to diagnose the presence of flat feet among primary school children. The number of children diagnosed with completely flat feet was 118, and children diagnosed with partial flat feet were 176. The results show out of every five children, three children were either completely or partially flat feet (69.3%). The results showed that there was a significant association between gender and flat foot. It was concluded that assessment of flat feet should be made available to children and parents at an early age to prevent the condition to be converted into a serious health problem and hindrance in various sports activities.
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Mor, S., Khera, S.N., Maheshwari, G.C. (2024). Analysis of Prevalence of Flat Foot in Primary School Children. In: Malhotra, R., Sumalatha, L., Yassin, S.M.W., Patgiri, R., Muppalaneni, N.B. (eds) High Performance Computing, Smart Devices and Networks. CHSN 2022. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1087. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6690-5_1
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