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2025 · Systematic review + meta-analysis

Gait characteristics in flatfoot compared with controls

EmergingSource checked · 19 Aug 2026
PLAIN-LANGUAGE RESULT

Across 15 studies, pooled data suggested longer stance duration and shorter stride length, with no clear difference in velocity or cadence.

This summary is educational. It does not tell you whether a particular intervention is right for your symptoms or circumstances.

WHY IT MATTERS

How this record informs FlatStrong.

Shows that group-level gait differences are selective and variable—not a reason to label every flat foot as dysfunctional.

LIMITATIONS

What this record cannot settle.

Most evidence was observational, only five studies entered the meta-analysis, and it cannot show that foot shape caused a symptom.

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