Structural Foot Characteristics in People With Midfoot Osteoarthritis: Cross-Sectional Findings From the Clinical Assessment Study of the Foot.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study compared radiographic measures of foot structure between people with and without symptomatic radiographic midfoot osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of adults aged 50 years and older registered with four UK general practices who reported foot pain in the past year. Bilateral weightbearing dorsoplantar and lateral radiographs were obtained. Symptomatic radiographic midfoot OA was defined as midfoot pain in the last 4 weeks, combined with radiographic OA in one or more midfoot joints (first cuneometatarsal, second cuneometatarsal, navicular-first cuneiform, and talonavicular). Midfoot OA cases were matched 1:1 for sex and age to controls with a 5-year age tolerance. Eleven radiographic measures were extracted and compared between

SUBMITTER: Lithgow MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497243 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature