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. 2022 Aug 16;15:60. doi: 10.1186/s13047-022-00568-x

Table 1.

Study and study participants characteristics (n = 7)

Study,
Year
Study Design Setting and Geographic Location Collection Year Data Domain Sample Size
(% women)
Age (years) BMI (kg/m2) Duration of Symptoms (months)

Dunn et al.,

2004 [4]

Population-based cohort Community in the USA 2001–2002 Prevalence

784

(56.7%)

74.5 ± 6.0 38% had BMI ≥ 30 NA

Yi et al.,

2011 [9]

Retrospective review of medical records Foot clinic at a general hospital in South Korea 2008 Prevalence & diagnostic criteria

250

(54.4%)

43.8 ± 12.0 NR 13.3 ± 17.4

Kanatli et al.,

2001 [15]

Observational case–control NR in Turkey NR Etiology

106

contributing 188 feet

(56.6%)

34.8 ± 12.9 26.1 ± 5.6 NR

Lopez-Lopez et al.,

2019 [16]

Observational case–control Podiatry department at a medical center in Spain 2008–2015 Etiology and diagnostic criteria

375

(47.2%)

44.7 ± 14.1 26.5 ± 5.8 NR

Balius et al.,

2021 [17]

Observational case series Outpatient clinic of sports medicine and rheumatology in Spain NR Etiology

9

(NR)

31 ± 8.5 NR 2.46 ± 3.72

Lin et al.,

2017 [18]

Single case study NR in Taiwan NR Intervention

1 male

(0%)

33 NR 36 + 

Chae et al.,

2018 [19]

Quasi-experimental intervention (no control group) Foot clinic at a general hospital in South Korea 2015–2016 Intervention

19 contributing 32 feet

(73.7%)

51.5 ± 14.1 22.6 ± 2.6 NR

Abbreviations: NA Not applicable, NR Not reported