Correlação entre alterações lombares e modificações no arco plantar em mulheres com dor lombar / Relationship between lumbar changes and modifications in the plantar arch in women with low back pain

Objetivo: Avaliar provável correlação entre arco plantar, curvatura lombar e dores lombares. Métodos: foram avaliadas 18 mulheres com queixa de dor lombar, submetidas a uma avaliação que constava de dados pessoais e de um exame físico com medidas antropométricas, avaliação do arco plantar por meio fotopodoscopia, avaliação da postura do paciente por meio do biofotogrametria, ambos utilizando o programa SAPO, além de avaliação da dor lombar pela escala visual analógica (EVA). A idade média dos participantes era de 30,45 (±6,25) anos. Resultados: Na avaliação dos pés foram observadas oito pessoas com pés planos, seis com pés cavos e quatro com pés normais. Todas relataram quadro álgico em coluna lombar, com valores mais elevados na EVA nas voluntárias com pés cavos. Verificou-se correlação do arco plantar com a angulação da coluna lombar: (r = -0,71, p = 0,004). Conclusão: o pé cavo pode estar correlacionado com quadro álgico mais intenso, havendo correlação positiva moderada entre pé plano e aumento na curvatura lombar e pé cavo com retificação da lombar. Nível de Evidência IV. Série de Casos.

Objective: Evaluate the probable relationship among plantar arch, lumbar curvature, and low back pain. Methods: fifteen healthy women were assessed taking in account personal data and anthropometric measurements, photopodoscopic evaluation of the plantar arch, and biophotogrammetric postural analysis of the patient (both using the SAPO software), as well as evaluation of lumbar pain using an Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The average age of the participants was 30.45 (±6.25) years. Results: of the feet evaluated, there were six individuals with flat feet, five with high arch, and four with normal feet. All reported algic syndrome in the lumbar spine, with the highest VAS values for the volunteers with high arch. Correlation was observed between the plantar arch and the angle of the lumbar spine (r = 0.71, p = 0.004). Conclusion: high arch was correlated with more intense algic syndrome, while there was moderate positive correlation between flat foot and increased lumbar curvature, and between high arch and lumbar correction.

Luxación de cadera en pacientes con espina bífida / Hip dislocation in patients with spina bifida

Spina bifida is commonly associated with hydrocephalus and feet malformations, however its association with congenital dislocation of the hip is not well document. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 120 children aged 6 months to 15 years old admited to a rehabilitation center with the diagnosis of spina bifida. Fifty six children (55.4 percent) had dislocation of the hip (36 of 53 women and 20 of 48 men). These figures are higher than those reported for newborns by the Latin-American Collaborative Stud of Congenital Malformations. We conclude that congenital dislocation of the hip is frequent in children with spina bifida