Background: Abnormal foot morphology in children and adolescents is a possible risk factor for lower extremity pain. Foot posture index-6 (FPI-6) is a valid and reliable tool to assess foot morphology. However, the normative data on the age distribution for FPI-6 in Asian children and adolescents are still minimal. Further, the correlation of FPI-6 with lower extremity pain is poorly understood. We aimed to investigate the normative distribution for FPI-6 and the relationship between FPI-6 scores and knee and heel pain in Japanese children.
Methods: We included 2569 Japanese children, aged 9-15 years, at a single school from 2016 to 2018. We summarized the age distribution of children and their mean bilateral FPI-6 scores. Additionally, we assessed the tenderness at the apophysis or tendon insertions at the knee and heel. We performed a cross-sectional analysis to investigate the correlations between FPI-6 scores and sex, age, and knee and heel pain for the data obtained each year.
Results: The mean FPI-6 score was 3.1 ± 2.4, 3.4 ± 2.0, and 3.2 ± 1.9 for the left foot and 3.0 ± 2.4, 3.2 ± 1.9, and 3.1 ± 1.9 for the right foot in 2016, 2017, and 2018, respectively. Boys tended to have higher scores than girls, and the FPI-6 score of the left foot was significantly higher than that of the right foot (p < 0.05). There was no correlation between FPI-6 scores and knee and heel pain.
Conclusion: Children and adolescents between 9 and 15 years of age have neutral to slightly pronated foot morphology and an average FPI-6 score of 3.0-3.4. In addition, there was no relationship between foot morphology and knee and heel pain. This normative distribution for FPI-6 in Japanese children could serve as a reference value for future research and clinical evaluation.
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