Club foot

The pulseless club foot.

Previous reports have suggested that the blood supply derived from the anterior tibial artery is absent or markedly diminished in 85% of severe, untreated club feet. To investigate these claims, we used a Doppler technique to study the arterial pulses in 40 children with 63 club feet. In feet with mild or moderate deformities the anterior tibial pulse was always present; in feet with severe def...

Congenital Club-Foot

Congenital Club-Foot

Sensory hypoinnervation in club foot.

We have compared the density of nerve fibres in the synovium in club foot with that of specimens obtained from the synovium of the hip at operations for developmental dysplasia. The study focused on the sensory neuropeptides substance P; calcitonin gene-related peptide; protein gene product 9.5, a general marker for mature peripheral nerve fibres; and growth associated protein 43, a neuronal ma...

Family studies and aetiology of club foot.

Congenital club foot and talipes are used to describe various abnormalities of the foot in the newborn child. The most serious of these is talipes equinovarus in which there is plantar flexion of the ankle and inversion of the foot. This deformity is difficult to treat, having a marked tendency to recur, and causes a real disability. About half the cases are bilaterally affected. Patients frequ...