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Xenobiotic Metabolism Genes and Clubfoot
Idiopathic or isolated clubfoot is a common orthopedic birth defect that affects approximately 135,000 children worldwide. It is characterized by equinus, varus and adductus deformities of the ankle and foot. Correction of clubfoot involves months of serial manipulations, castings and bracing, with …
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Analysis of Variation In Clubfoot Candidate Genes
Isolated clubfoot, a common birth defect occurring in more than 135,000 livebirths worldwide each year, is associated with significant health care and financial burdens. Clubfoot is defined by forefoot adduction, hindfoot varus, midfoot cavus and hindfoot equinus. Isolated clubfoot, which is the …
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Identifying Genetic Variants and Characterizing Their Role In Clubfoot
<p>Clubfoot is a common, complex birth defect affecting 4,000 newborns in the United States and 135,000 world-wide each year. The clubfoot deformity is characterized by inward and rigid downward displacement of one or both feet, along with persistent calf muscle hypoplasia. Despite strong evidence …
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Multi-segment coordination within the foot in children with and without clubfoot during walking, toe raises and single limp hopping
Children born with congenital idiopathic clubfoot have significant foot deformity that requires treatment at birth. Long term outcomes in patients who were treated for congenital clubfoot have reported gastrocnemius weakness, limited ankle motion and reduced ankle power during gait. There have been …
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The effect of a change in plastering technique on the rate of Major Surgery in Congenital Talipes Equinovarus(CTEV)
… tissue release in the treatment of idiopathic clubfoot. This technique of treatment has however not been universally adopted and results of treatment vary significantly between treatment centres. Furthermore, surgical decision making in the treatment of clubfoot is currently largely based on …
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The outcome of prenatal sonographic diagnosis of fetal talipes in the Cape Town Metro district
… were lost to follow-up, and 12 cases had no clubfoot at birth. Only one was labelled as having positional clubfoot. There were 91 live births. Of the cases of talipes with associated abnormalities, 21.19% were live births (excluding ENND). All terminations of pregnancy as well as 90.9% of …