PURPOSE To investigate both volume and length of the three muscle compartments of the normal and the affected leg in unilateral congenital clubfoot. METHODS Volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (VMRI) of the anterior, lateral and postero-medial muscular compartments of both the normal and the clubfoot leg was obtained in three groups of seven patients each, whose mean age was, respectively, ...

Clubfoot is defined as fixation of the foot in adduction, supination and varus. It is a deformity where the foot points downward with the toes and sole twisted inwards. Three bones the calcaneus, navicular, cuboid are medially rotated in relation to the talus. Idiopathic clubfoot is the commonest congenital deformity of foot. 1 The incidence is about 1:1000 live births with a sex ratio of 2:1sh...

OBJECTIVE Congenital clubfoot affects 1 per 1000 live births per year in Romania. To date, no epidemiological studies have been conducted in this country to assess risk factors associated with the deformity. The aim of this study was to evaluate specific environmental and socio-demographic factors that may increase the risk of an infant to be born with clubfoot. PATIENTS AND METHODS A descrip...

BACKGROUND Congenital talipes equino-varus (CTEV), also known as clubfoot, is one of the most common congenital musculoskeletal malformations. Despite this, considerable variation exists in the measurement of deformity correction and outcome evaluation. This study aims to determine the criteria for successful clubfoot correction using the Ponseti technique in low resource settings through Afric...

BACKGROUND Congenital talipes equinovarus--or clubfoot--is a common paediatric condition of unknown cause. OBJECTIVE This article presents two case studies and outlines the diagnosis, treatment, referral pathways and expected outcomes in patients with clubfoot. DISCUSSION A significant change in treatment has occurred over the past decades, both in Australia and internationally, with the fo...

Clubfoot malformation is the most common serious congenital anomaly affecting foot in children. Its treatment by Ponseti method simple, profitable and widely used world. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify factors failure its method. Material Method: We carried out a retrospective descriptive cases equinus clubfoot varus at Reference Health Care Center Commune III Bamako over...

This biographical sketch of Ignacio V. Ponseti, MD, corresponds to the historic text, The Classic: Congenital Club Foot: The Results of Treatment, available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-009-0720-2 and The Classic: Observations on Pathogenesis and Treatment of Congenital Clubfoot, available at DOI 10.1007/s11999-009-0721-1.

Clubfoot, or a distal interphalangeal (corono-pedal) flexural deformity, may affect the horse at any stage of life from neonate through adulthood. The deformity may be congenital or acquired and in many instances has a genetic basis. The etiology, clinical manifestations, management, and expectations differ between age groups; however, commonalities between the groups do exist. Treatment and lo...