TY - JFULL AU - Mohamed Taher Eldesoky and Enas Elsayed Abutaleb PY - 2015/9/ TI - Influence of Bilateral and Unilateral Flatfoot on Pelvic Alignment T2 - International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences SP - 640 EP - 645 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002022 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 104, 2015 N2 - Background: The change in foot posture can possibly generate changes in the pelvic alignment. There is still a lack of evidence about the effects of bilateral and unilateral flatfoot on possible changes in pelvic alignment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of flatfoot on the sagittal and frontal planes of pelvic postures. Materials and Methods: 56 subjects, aged 18–40 years, were assigned into three groups: 20 healthy subjects, 19 subjects with bilateral flexible second-degree flat foot, and 17 subjects with unilateral flexible second-degree flat foot. 3D assessment of the pelvis using the formetric-II device was used to evaluate pelvic alignment in the frontal and sagittal planes by measuring pelvic inclination and pelvic tilt angles. Results: ANOVA test with LSD test were used for statistical analysis. Both Unilateral and bilateral second degree flatfoot produced significant (P ER -