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...

It has been hypothesised that the stiffness of the plantar aponeurosis after clubfoot surgery affects push-off. Because the first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint motion relies on the plantar aponeurosis, it was important to determine whether there was a lack of first MTP joint motion in children with clubfoot that also affected push-off. By examining the motion of the first MTP joint using a mo...

Idiopathic pes equinovarus (clubfoot) is a congenital deformity of the foot and lower leg defined as a fixation of the foot in plantar flexion, adduction, supination and varus. The deformity does not affect only the foot position, which is usually investigated by radiography, CT, micro-CT, MRI or ultrasound but logically influence the whole gait biomechanics. It is supposed, that clubfoot belon...

Congenital talipes equinovarus, or clubfoot, is the most common congenital abnormality that over past decades has been diagnosed and treated by various modalities with varying degrees of clinical success. Today it is not only clinicians and physicians who desire to understand the details of diagnosis and treatment, but also the parents of affected children, not only because of the inherent econ...

objective club-foot is one of the most prevalent congenital anomalies of the lowerextremities. since there is no epidemiologic study on the prevalence of thisdisease in iran, we decided to assess it in a sample population in tehran. materials and methods we assessed all neonates who were referred to the emergency department ofmofid children hospital between october 2007 and november 2008, due t...

AFTER PONSETI TREATMENT 1 Kerstin Bosch, 2 Stephanie Böhm, 3 Dieter Rosenbaum, 4 Shafique Pirani 1 Gaitlab, SPZ Westmünsterland, Coesfeld, Germany 2 Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 3 IEMM University Hospital, Muenster, Germany 4 University of British Columbia, Canada email: [email protected] SUMMARY An interdisciplinary team of the Uganda Sustainable Clubfoot Care Project (USCCP...

BACKGROUND Long-term success reports by Dr. Ponseti with the Ponseti method in the treatment of congenital idiopathic clubfoot have led to a renewed interest in this method among pediatric orthopedists. The purpose of this study is to evaluate mid-term effectiveness of Ponseti method for the treatment of congenital idiopathic clubfoot. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 49 patients (67 clubfeet)...

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, ...

the ponseti method is a safe and effective treatment for congenital clubfoot, and radically decreases the need for extensive corrective surgery. but a group of patients will still present with under corrected residual equinovarus deformities despite the proper use of the ponseti method. about 25% of operated clubfeet will develop recurrence or show a marked residual deformity (recurrent clubfoo...