Clubfoot

Introduction: Clubfoot

Clubfoot: Congenital foot birth deformity turning the foot inward. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Clubfoot is available below.

Symptoms of Clubfoot

• Foot clubbing
• Clubfoot
• Foot turns inward
• Difficulty standing

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Medical Textbooks Online about Clubfoot

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Clubfoot?

• Misdiagnosis of Clubfoot
• Underlying causes of Clubfoot (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Clubfoot

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Causes of Clubfoot

• Cerebrohepatorenal syndrome
• Hereditary sensorimotor neuropathy type 3
• Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome
• Diastrophic dwarfism
• Chromosome 18 trisomy syndrome

See full list of 9 causes of Clubfoot

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More information about causes of Clubfoot:

• Clubfoot as a symptom

Treatments for Clubfoot

• Splinting
• Manipulation
• Surgery

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Patient Surveys for Clubfoot

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Reseach about Clubfoot

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Clinical Trials for Clubfoot

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Clubfoot include:

• Pedobarographic Assessments of Clubfoot Treated Patients - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Efficacy of Botox in Patients With Idiopathic Clubfoot - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Botox
• A Double-Blind, Randomized Control Trial Comparing Botulinum Toxin Type A (Botox) and Placebo in the Treatment of Idiopathic Clubfoot - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Botox
• Post Marketing Surveillance Study of Dysport - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Treatment of Spastic Equinovarus Foot After Stroke - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Botulinic toxin

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Statistics for Clubfoot

• Medical statistics for Clubfoot
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Clubfoot
• Death and Mortality statistics for Clubfoot
• Society statistics for Clubfoot

Stories from Users Related to Clubfoot

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Definitions of Clubfoot:

A deformed foot in which the foot is plantarflexed, inverted and adducted. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Clubfoot is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Clubfoot, or a subtype of Clubfoot, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)