Club foot
A club foot or clubfoot, also called congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV),[1] is a birth defect. In about half of children born with club foot both feet are affected.
Club Foot Media
Illustration of cavus deformity of foot
Illustration of adductus deformity of foot
Illustration of varus deformity of foot
Illustration of equinus deformity of foot
Clubfeet in the course of correction
A foot abduction brace type Denis Browne bar. Various types of foot-abduction braces are used to hold the child's feet in the desired position.
A well-known storyteller from Lapland, Juho "Nätti-Jussi" Nätti (surname can be translated as 'pretty') (1890–1964) was known for his stories but also his untreated left clubfoot. A story tells that "not even the devil himself could tell which way Nätti has gone" from footprints of snow.
References
- ↑ Miedzybrodzka, Zosia. Congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot): a disorder of the foot but not the hand. Journal of Anatomy 202 (1) (January 2003). p. 37–42. doi:10.1046/j.1469-7580.2003.00147.x.