Clubfoot sentence example
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- The focus will be on treating clubfoot but other lower limb conditions and general issues are covered.
- There was a lot of debate over whether the method was really suitable for severe intractable clubfoot especially over the correction of tibial torsion.
- True clubfoot is characterized by abnormal bone formation in the foot.
- In talipes varus, the most common form of clubfoot, the foot generally turns inward so that the leg and foot look somewhat like the letter J (when looking at the left foot head-on).
- Clubfoot can affect one foot or both feet.Advertisement
- If there is no anatomic abnormality of the bone, this is not true clubfoot, and the problem can usually be corrected by applying special braces or casts to straighten the foot.
- True clubfoot is usually obvious at birth because a clubfoot has a typical appearance of pointing downward and being twisted inwards.
- Uncorrected clubfoot in an adult causes only part of the foot, usually the outer edge or the heel or the toes, to touch the ground.
- For a person with clubfoot, walking becomes difficult or impossible.
- The ratio of males to females with clubfoot is 2.5 to 1.Advertisement
- A family history of clubfoot has been reported in 24.4 percent of families in a single study.
- These findings suggest the potential role of one or more genes being responsible for clubfoot.
- Experts do not agree on the precise cause of clubfoot.
- Some experts feel that clubfoot may begin early in pregnancy, probably in the 10th to 12th weeks of gestation.
- The MSX1 gene has been associated with clubfoot in animal studies.Advertisement
- Several environmental causes have been proposed for clubfoot.
- Many obstetricians feel that intrauterine crowding causes clubfoot.
- This theory is supported by a significantly higher incidence of clubfoot among twins compared to singleton births.
- Intrauterine exposure to the drug misoprostol has been linked with clubfoot.
- For unknown reasons, amniocentesis, a prenatal test, has also been associated with clubfoot.Advertisement
- The infants of mothers who smoke during pregnancy have a greater chance of being born with clubfoot than are offspring of women who do not smoke.
- The physical appearance of a clubfoot may vary.
- A pediatrician should be consulted at birth, the usual time clubfoot is initially diagnosed.
- Clubfoot is diagnosed by physician inspection.
- Clubfoot is corrected by casting or surgery.Advertisement
- The prognosis for successfully treating clubfoot is good at this time.
- Persons with clubfoot that is corrected by surgery may notice some increased stiffness in their affected feet as they age.
- A corrected clubfoot is often a shoe size smaller than normal and may be somewhat less flexible.
- The calf muscles in an affected clubfoot leg may be slightly smaller than an unaffected leg.
- However, without treatment, clubfoot will result in a functional disability.Advertisement
- At the present time, there is no way to prevent clubfoot.
- Pregnant women can reduce the risk of clubfoot by refraining from smoking.
- Parents of an infant with clubfoot should be prepared to participate in treatment for two or more years.
- J., et al. "Leg length discrepancy in unilateral congenital clubfoot following surgical treatment."
- There may also be some hip bone anomaly or other skeletal symptoms, for example, clubfoot.Advertisement
- Orthopedic surgery may be necessary for congenital clubfoot deformity.
- Clubfoot is a condition in which one or both feet are twisted into an abnormal position at birth.
- Researchers in Norway have reported that males who are in the printing trades have significantly more offspring with clubfoot than men in other occupations.
- Clubfoot may be suspected during the latter stages of pregnancy, especially in a mother of shorter or smaller than normal stature, a large fetus, or multiple infants.
- Skeletal abnormalities may include poorly developed shoulder blades (scapulae), sideways bent fingers (clinodactyly), clubfoot, scoliosis, and unusual neck bones.Advertisement