Examination for pes planus (flat feet) should be part of the evaluation of any patient with a rheumatologic complaint in the lower extremity. This condition is usually best viewed from the posterior. Eversion of the heels is also evident in this position.
Reproduced with permission from Sheon, RP, Moskowitz, RW, Goldberg, VM. Soft Tissue Rheumatic Pain: Recognition, Management, Prevention, 3rd ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1996.
