Myo-Kinetic Prognosis of the Congenital Club Foot

Treatment and prognosis in congenital club foot.

One hundred and twenty-nine unselected club feet were classified at birth into three grades of severity; 123 were followed up. The results of primary treatment were analysed and it is shown that the bad feet did worst. Serial splinting in plasters achieved lasting correction in nine in ten mild club feet, in half of the moderately deformed, but in only one in ten of the severely affected. Surgi...

Congenital Club-Foot

Congenital Club-Foot

The causes of congenital club foot.

Hippocrates was the first to suggest that permanent crippling can follow abnormal intrauterine pressure. More recently, Browne (1936) has been the foremost exponent of the view that this is a major cause of congenital club feet. The theory had first been challenged in the early 19th century by the authors of several very detailed studies on the condition. Little (1839) felt that the variety of ...

The treatment of congenital club foot.

An attempt has been made to assess the results of a method of treatment in 1 86 club feet in infants. The stimulus to study this problem came from the suggestion that insufficient knowledge was available to judge which of three early treatments was the best (Lloyd-Roberts 1964). It is hoped that this analysis may enable fact to replace supposition when the results of early treatment are discussed.