Journal article
Multiplanar Semiautomatic Assessment of Foot and Ankle Offset in Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity
Foot & ankle international, Vol.41(7), pp.839-848
07/01/2020
DOI: 10.1177/1071100720920274
PMID: 32441540
Abstract
Background:
Semiautomatic 3-dimensional (3D) biometric weightbearing computed tomography (WBCT) tools have been shown to adequately demonstrate the relationship between the center of the ankle joint and the tripod of the foot. The measurement of the foot and ankle offset (FAO) represents an optimized biomechanical assessment of foot alignment. The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between FAO and traditional adult acquired flatfoot deformity (AAFD) markers, measured in different planes. We hypothesized that the FAO would significantly correlate with other radiographic markers of pronounced AAFD.
Methods:
In this retrospective comparative study, we included 113 patients with stage II AAFD, 43 men and 70 women, mean age of 53.5 (range, 20-86) years. 3D coordinates (x, y, and z planes) of the foot tripod (most plantar voxel of the first and fifth metatarsal heads, and calcaneal tuberosity) and the center of the ankle joint (most proximal and central voxel of the talar dome) were assessed by 2 blinded and independent fellowship-trained orthopedic foot and ankle surgeons. The FAO was automatically calculated using the 3D coordinates by dedicated software. Multiple WBCT parameters related to the severity of the deformity in the coronal, sagittal, and transverse planes were manually measured.
Results:
We found overall good to excellent intra- (range, 0.75-0.99) and interobserver (range, 0.73-0.99) reliability for manual AAFD measurements. FAO semiautomatic measurements demonstrated excellent intra- (0.99) and interobserver (0.99) reliabilities. Hindfoot moment arm (HMA) (P < .00001), subtalar horizontal angle (P < .00001), talonavicular coverage angle (P = .00004), and forefoot arch angle (P = .0001) were the only variables found to significantly influence and correlate with FAO measurements, with an R-2 value of 0.79. An HMA value of 19.8 mm was found to be a strong threshold predictor of increased values of FAO, with mean values of FAO of 6.5 when the HMA was lower than 19.8 mm and 14.6 when the HMA was equal to or higher than 19.8 mm.
Conclusion:
We found that 3D WBCT semiautomatic measurements of FAO significantly correlated with some traditional markers of pronounced AAFD. Measurements of FAO were also found to be slightly more reliable than the manual measurements. The FAO offers a simple and more complete biomechanical and multiplanar assessment of the AAFD, representing in a single measurement the 3D components of the deformity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Multiplanar Semiautomatic Assessment of Foot and Ankle Offset in Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity
- Creators
- Cesar de Cesar Netto - Univ Iowa, Dept Orthopaed & Rehabil, 200 Hawkins Dr Orthoped Clin Pappajohn Pavil, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKatrina Bang - University of IowaNacime Salomao Mansur - Federal University of São PauloJonathan H. Garfinkel - Hospital for Special SurgeryAlessio Bernasconi - Royal National Orthopaedic HospitalFrancois Lintz - Foot and Ankle Surgery Center, Clinique de l'Union, Saint-Jean, France.Jonathan T. Deland - Hospital for Special SurgeryScott J. Ellis - Hospital for Special Surgery
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Foot & ankle international, Vol.41(7), pp.839-848
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/1071100720920274
- PMID
- 32441540
- ISSN
- 1071-1007
- eISSN
- 1944-7876
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984304687202771
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