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Is clubfoot due to a reduction in fetal movement?

Discussion in 'Pediatrics' started by NewsBot, Oct 1, 2009.

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    A hypothesis and model of reduced fetal movement as a common pathogenetic mechanism in clubfoot.
    Hester TW, Parkinson LC, Robson J, Misra S, Sangha H, Martin JE.
    Med Hypotheses. 2009 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print]
     
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    In 1977, I heard a lecture by Mr. Appley, a British orthopedic surgeon on his research on club foot. He used chicks in eggs. He would tie up the foot and put it back in the egg. He found that if he did it for a few weeks prior to hatching, the chicks would be born with a malpositioned foot, that would reduced on its own. If it were for a longer time, the malpositioned foot would maintain its deformity.
    He said that this is what you see in clubfoot, and related his findings to intrinsic vs. extrinsic clubfoot.

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    Stanley
     
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    Clubfoot pathology in fetus and pathogenesis. A new pathogenetic theory based on pathology, imaging findings and biomechanics-a narrative review
    Ernesto Ippolito, Giulio Gorgolini
    Ann Transl Med. 2021 Jul;9(13):1095
     
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