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Article: Clubfoot.
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- November 1, 1994
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Clubfoot has been one of the major orthopedic (bone and joint) problems of children since doctors began to specialize in that field more than two hundred years ago. It is one of the most common of all birth defects, affecting some 9,000 babies (about one in 400) born in the United States each year. Boys are affected twice as often as girls.
What is clubfoot?
Clubfoot is a word used for several kinds of ankle and foot deformities that are usually present at birth. The defect can be mild or severe, and it can happen to one foot or both.
There are three major types of clubfoot:
1. When people say "clubfoot" they usually mean the most ...