Compensatory proximal malalignment despite preserved macroscopic gait in pediatric flexible flatfoot: A dual-level analysis of static alignment and dynamic kinematics
Haojie Wang, Mengxiang Li, Xiaomeng Liang, Weijian Wang, Pengren Luo, Jiaji Zhang, Yuxuan Du, Tan Liu, Boyu Zhang, Xu Wang, Zhefeng Jin, Yilin Zhu, Tao Han · 2026
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Haojie Wang and co-authors check whether children with flexible flatfoot walk with hidden shifts higher up the leg. Their 2026 study pulls 3D gait data from more than one hundred fifty children, most with flat feet on both sides. Past work treated each child as one unit, which can miss how force moves through the linked leg chain. This study works at two levels at once: the child and the single limb.
Core walk measures, such as pace and step width, did not differ between flat and normal feet. At the limb level, the hip sat turned in more on the flat side at rest, and a hip sway score rose in motion. Whole gait scores, though, stayed much the same.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Haojie Wang, Mengxiang Li, Xiaomeng Liang, Weijian Wang, Pengren Luo, Jiaji Zhang, Yuxuan Du, Tan Liu, Boyu Zhang, Xu Wang, Zhefeng Jin, Yilin Zhu, Tao Han |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |