Congenital Abnormalities/Deformities of the Lower Limb
Congenital Abnormalities/Deformities of the Lower Limb
Congenital Abnormalities/Deformities of the Lower Limb
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Club Foot<br />
• If <strong>the</strong> foot is inverted and adducted at <strong>the</strong> mid-<br />
tarsal joint so that it cannot be fully everted <strong>the</strong><br />
deformity is classed as varus. The opposite is<br />
true <strong>of</strong> valgus.<br />
• If <strong>the</strong> foot is fixed in a position <strong>of</strong> plantar flexion<br />
and cannot be fully dorsi dorsi-flexed flexed <strong>the</strong> deformity is<br />
described as equinus. The opposite is describes<br />
as calcaneus.
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