Prevalence of Foot Deformities in Young Children and Importance of Corrective Footwear

摘要

The foot is the last part of the lower extremity of kinetic chain. As such it has two basic tasks in terms of stability and dynamics of motion. The human foot at birth is not a miniature version of an adult foot. In fact, it contains no bones at all and consists of a mass of cartilage, which, over a period of years, ossifies to become the 26 bones that exist in the adult human foot. The feet are flexible structures of bones, joints, muscles, and soft tissues that let us stand upright and perform activities like walking, running, jumping, dancing, etc.