Objectives :
@EN Aims were to evaluate foot deformity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis for its types, prevalence, and relation with duration of the disease.
@ES methods :
@EN Inspection, measuring of hallux valgus and calcaneal angle and footprint were done on 256 feet of 128 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Transyerse(metatarsal) arch and longitudinal arch were evaluated by foot printings. Results : 1) The
common
type of foot deformities wa shallux valgus in 175 of 256 feet968.4%). Depressed hammer toe, curl toe and mallet toe in 125(48.9%), calcaneal valgus in 87(34.0%), callus in 67(26.2%), pes planus in 37(14.5%), and bunion in 25(9.8%) of 256 feet.
2) Foot involvements as the initial manifestation were seen in 41(32.0%) of 128 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A duration of rheumatoid arthritis over 10 years were seen in 37 of 128 patients. In this patients mean number of involved toes
per
foot
was 2.78 which was not statistically significant increase compared to that of all patients, 2.23(p-value>0.05). Even with adsence of foot symptoms in 28 of 128 patient with rheumatoid arthritis, toe deformities were depressed transverse arch and
calcaneal valgus were 58.9%, 10.7%, 51.8% and 39.3% respectively.
@ES Conclusions :
@EN Foot deformities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis were usually inevitable complication. Even in the patients who had no foot symptom, there were foot deformities. So, we think that physicians should pay attention to the foot in all
rheumatoid
arthritis.
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