Foot Loading Characteristics of Ugandan Clubfoot Children after Ponseti Treatment

AFTER PONSETI TREATMENT 1 Kerstin Bosch, 2 Stephanie Böhm, 3 Dieter Rosenbaum, 4 Shafique Pirani 1 Gaitlab, SPZ Westmünsterland, Coesfeld, Germany 2 Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 3 IEMM University Hospital, Muenster, Germany 4 University of British Columbia, Canada email: [email protected] SUMMARY An interdisciplinary team of the Uganda Sustainable Clubfoot Care Project (USCCP) performed pedobarographic and clinical foot function measurements in 101 Ugandan children after Ponseti treatment. A sub-sample of 25 children showed a unilateral clubfoot. Their pedobarographic foot loading data was compared to their contralateral, unaffected foot and to those of Ugandan healthy feet. The foot loading parameters showed significant differences between healthy controls and clubfoot children after Ponseti treatment. Furthermore, significant differences especially for the medio-lateral loading between the unilateral clubfoot and their contralateral, unaffected foot were identified. Furthermore, significant differences could be observed between the unaffected feet and the feet of healthy controls.