Correlation between Foot Arch Index and Intensity of Foot, Knee and Low Back Pain among Pregnant Women in a South Eastern Nigerian community.

Objectives: To assess the arch height index of pregnant women and its correlation with foot pain, anterior knee pain and low back pain. Subjects and Methods: Two hundred and fifteen (215) consenting pregnant women participated in this cross-sectional study. Arch height index was assessed from their foot prints while pain intensity was rated on a numerical pain rating scale. Data was summarized with descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation was used to determine correlations between the variables at p0.05) between foot pain and each of the right (r=-0.010, p=0.886) and left (r=0.004, p=0.955) arch indices as well as between knee pain and each of the right (r=0.042, p=0.536) and left (r=0.045, p=0.515) arch indices. A similar trend was observed for the low back which also did not show any significant relationship with each of the right (r=0.026, p=0.703) and left (r=0.097, p=0.157) arch indices. Conclusion: The study participants had a high prevalence of low foot arches, indicating pes planus. Low back pain was most common compared to foot and knee pain. The foot arch heights did not show any relationships among the intensities of foot, anterior knee and low back pain.


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