This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Letters to the Editor: Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Letters to the Editor are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by DITTRICH, R. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by DITTRICH, R. J.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1930;12:373-399.
© 1930 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

PATHOGENESIS OF CONGENITAL CLUB-FOOT (Pes Equinovarus)

An Anatomical Study

R. J. DITTRICH M.D.1

1 The Pathological Laboratory of St. Francis Hospital.

From a study of the literature it is evident that relatively few investigations have been made to determine the course of development of congenital club-foot. A lack of definite knowledge of the pathological conditions is probably responsible for our inadequate knowledge of the etiology, particularly the hereditary features of this deformity. Whatever observations have been made point to the probability of neuromuscular disturbances, in a certain number of cases. The evidence for a neurogenic basis of the origin of congenital club-foot consists of muscular imbalance of the foot, which seems to be closely associated with defects of the lower spine. Further investigations, both anatomical and physiological, are necessary before conclusions can be formed.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?