The authors describe flatfoot, as one of very frequent deformities in everyday medical practice. A special condition of the deformity associated with a calcaneal valgus position and complicated by a knee valgus position (as a consequence of non-treatment) is described. Also, the precise anatomy of the longitudinal foot arches (medial and lateral), definition and classification of the deformity,...

Leprosy is a systemic disease mainly manifested in skin and nerves. The nerves affected are the cutaneous and trunk nerves, especially those located superficially. Early treatment of the disease prevents deformity or disability. Otherwise, the continuing disease process and immune reaction, either by direct involvement of tissues or secondarily through destruction of some trunk nerves, results ...

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease or hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) is a genetically heterogeneous group of conditions that affect the peripheral nervous system. The disease is characterized by degeneration or abnormal development of peripheral nerves and exhibits a range of patterns of genetic transmission. In the majority of cases, CMT first appears in infancy, and its manifes...

OBJECTIVE Elevated dynamic plantar foot pressures significantly increase the risk of foot ulceration in diabetes mellitus. The aim was to determine which factors predict plantar pressures in a population of diabetic patients who are at high-risk of foot ulceration. METHODS Patients with diabetes, peripheral neuropathy and a history of ulceration were eligible for inclusion in this cross secti...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the characteristics of foot deformities in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease compared with normal persons according to severity of disease. METHOD Sixty-two patients with CMT disease were recruited for this study. The normal control group was composed of 28 healthy people without any foot deformity. Patients were classified into a mild group and a modera...

This clinical note describes a typical case of dynamic varus deformity of the hind part of the foot in a head injured adult. Gait analysis objectified, by kinematic data, the perturbed movement of the rear foot in the frontal plane and identified, by dynamic electromyography, the overactive muscle (posterior tibialis) involved in the deformity. The diagnosis was confirmed by a motor point block...

A discussion of the essential deformity in calcaneo-valgus feet develops a theme originally put forward in 1961 on the relapsed club foot (Evans 1961). Whereas in the normal foot the medial and lateral columns are about equal in length, in talipes equino-varus the lateral column is longer and in calcaneo-valgus shorter than the medial column. The suggestion is that in the treatment of both defo...

Osteochondromas display varying presentations depending on the age, site, duration, associated inflammation, fracture, neurovascular involvement, malignant transformation. In our series, we have managed 11 cases of osteochondroma through a range of treatment options including conservative management. 2 cases had cosmetic problem alone, 2 had neurological symptoms (foot drop), 2 had deformity, 2...

Over the past decade, Finite Element (FE) modelling has been used as a method to understand internal stresses within diabetic foot. Foot deformities such hammer toe have associated with increased risk of foot ulcers in patients. Hence aim this study is investigate influence deformity on during walking. A 3D finite element model human was constructed based capturing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (M...