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In [[medicine]], '''flatfoot''', also called a '''flat foot''', '''fallen arch''', and '''pes planus''', is a type of [[foot deformity]] "in which one or more of the arches of the foot have flattened out."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
In [[medicine]], '''flatfoot''', also called a '''flat foot''', '''fallen arch''', and '''pes planus''', is a type of [[foot deformity]] "in which one or more of the arches of the foot have flattened out."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>


Clinical practice guidelines have address this in children<ref name="pmid15605048">{{cite journal |author=Harris EJ, Vanore JV, Thomas JL, ''et al'' |title=Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric flatfoot |journal=J Foot Ankle Surg |volume=43 |issue=6 |pages=341–73 |year=2004 |pmid=15605048 |doi=10.1053/j.jfas.2004.09.013 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1067251604004600 |issn=}}</ref> and adults<ref name="pmid15768358">{{cite journal |author=Lee MS, Vanore JV, Thomas JL, ''et al'' |title=Diagnosis and treatment of adult flatfoot |journal=J Foot Ankle Surg |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=78–113 |year=2005 |pmid=15768358 |doi=10.1053/j.jfas.2004.12.001 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1067251604006854 |issn=}}</ref>.
Clinical practice guidelines have address this in children<ref name="pmid15605048">{{cite journal |author=Harris EJ, Vanore JV, Thomas JL, ''et al'' |title=Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric flatfoot |journal=J Foot Ankle Surg |volume=43 |issue=6 |pages=341–73 |year=2004 |pmid=15605048 |doi=10.1053/j.jfas.2004.09.013 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1067251604004600 |issn=}}</ref> and adults<ref name="pmid15768358">{{cite journal |author=Lee MS, Vanore JV, Thomas JL, ''et al'' |title=Diagnosis and treatment of adult flatfoot |journal=J Foot Ankle Surg |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=78–113 |year=2005 |pmid=15768358 |doi=10.1053/j.jfas.2004.12.001 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1067251604006854 |issn=}} [http://www.ngc.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=6827&nbr=004194 Summary at the National Guideline Clearinghouse]</ref>.


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Flatfoot
MedlinePlus 000913
MeSH D005413

In medicine, flatfoot, also called a flat foot, fallen arch, and pes planus, is a type of foot deformity "in which one or more of the arches of the foot have flattened out."[1]

Clinical practice guidelines have address this in children[2] and adults[3].

References