Congenital Abnormalities/Deformities of the Lower Limb

Talipes Equino Equino-Varus Varus
• Incidence – 2-4 4 times in every 1000 births.
Males affected twice as often as females. In half
of affected children both feet are deformed.
• Unless very slight the diagnosis is obvious with
the heel being drawn up, the foot inverted and
the hindfoot adducted.
• In a small minority the deformity is postural and
easily corrected by manipulation to neutral and
beyond.
• The majority have rigidly deformed feet.