Clubfoot is the most common deformity of the leg and occurs in about 1 in 1,000 births. About half of children with the condition have bilateral clubfoot, meaning both feet are impacted.

Babies born with clubfoot can usually be treated without surgery. (Photo credit: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK/Science Source) About 1 out of every 1,000 babies ...

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Use of the unaffected foot for comparison in unilateral clubfoot requires that this foot is normal, and it may be more valid to measure normal children to allow calculation of normal values for a ...

Health experts have raised alarm over the growing number of children born with clubfoot in Malawi, estimating that over ...

Kurnool: As part of the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), an awareness programme on congenital deformities like ...

Globally, the figure stands at 200,000, with about 90 per cent of cases occurring in low- and middle-income countries ...

Beit Cure Malawi Physiotherapy Manager Shadreck Chilupsya said clubfoot is a treatable condition. He urged parents to seek ...

Background: Outcome following management of congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot) can be assessed in a number of ways. Bjonness stated simply that "the patient is the final judge of whether he ...

NIGERIA has been advised to incorporate clubfoot assessment into neonatal health checks to ensure that every child with clubfoot is identified and treated promptly.Executive Director of the Planned ...