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What is a good result after clubfoot treatment? A Delphi-based consensus on success by regional clubfoot trainers from across Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundCongenital talipes equino-varus (CTEV), also known as clubfoot, is one of the most common congenital musculoskeletal malformations. Despite this, considerable variation exists in the measurement of deformity correction and outcome evaluation ...
Tracey Smythe, Andrew Wainwright, Allen Foster, Christopher Lavy   +3 more
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Knowledge and Attitude of Women in Reproductive Age toward Clubfoot in Cikeruh Village, Jatinangor Sub−district in 2014

Althea Medical Journal, 2018
Background: Clubfoot is a congenital anomaly which the ankle is twisted outward from the normal position. Clubfoot is the most common birth defect that can cause disability in the world.
F. M. Dicky Fitraendi, Fathurachman Fathurachman, Nugroho Harry Susanto   +2 more
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Incidence and patterns of congenital Talipes equinovarus (Clubfoot) deformity at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Banter, Malawi. [PDF]

, 2004
Background:Clubfoot is one of the most common externally visible congenital deformities recorded in Sub Saharan Africa. The main objective of this study was to assess the overall incidence of clubfoot deformity in neonates born at Queen Elizabeth ...
N. C. Mkandawire, E. Kaunda
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Musculoskeletal impairment survey in Rwanda: design of survey tool, survey methodology, and results of the pilot study (a cross sectional survey). [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal impairment (MSI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in developing countries. Prevalence studies for MSI in the developing world have used varying methodologies and are seldom directly ...
Rischewski, D, Simms, V, Lavy, C, Rischewski Dorothea, Victoria Simms, Christopher Lavy, Kuper Hannah, Lavy Christopher, Simms Victoria, Atijosan Oluwarantimi, Dorothea Rischewski, Kuper, Hannah, Lavy, Christopher, Kuper, H, Hannah Kuper, Atijosan, O, Rischewski, Dorothea, Atijosan, Oluwarantimi, Simms, Victoria, Oluwarantimi Atijosan   +19 more
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The Bangla clubfoot tool: a repeatability study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2014
Background ‘Walk for Life’ (WFL) is the sustainable clubfoot program in Bangladesh, where there are many challenges in implementing the Ponseti technique in a poor and highly populated country.
Angela Margaret Evans, Roksana Perveen, Vikki A Ford‐Powell, Simon Barker   +3 more
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Approaches to the surgical treatment of congenital clubfoot in children

, 2019
Background. The clubfoot is a severe deformity of the foot. The birth rate of children with congenital clubfoot is 0.1–0.4 %. Since the end of the 1980s, when the technique of I.
A.F. Levitsky, A.V. Karabenyuk, A.A. Golubenko   +2 more
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Congenital clubfoot

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
We have studied congenital clubfoot deformity which is subject for its etiology and management. We have examined with all aspects 141 deformied foot of 99 congenital clubfoot cases that managed surgically and conservatively between the years 1974-1982 in
Faik Altintas, Alihan Celiker, Gurbuz Baytok   +2 more
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Early management of clubfoot by the Ponseti method with complete percutaneous tenotomy of tendoachillis

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019
Background and Objective: As a highly common congenital deformity which can lead to serious walking problems, clubfoot has long been treated using the Ponseti method which is usually carried out without complete percutaneous tenotomy of tendoachillis ...
Mushtaq Abdulkhaleq Khorsheed, Las Jamal Khorsheed Hwaizi   +1 more
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The orthopaedic needs of children in Rwanda: results from a national survey and orthopaedic service implications.

, 2009
BACKGROUND: When faced with developing orthopaedic services for children in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is little objective evidence-based data on the magnitude and type of services needed.
Simms, V, Rischewski, D, Lavy, C, Victoria Simms, Lavy, Chris, Dorothea Rischewski, Kuper, Hannah, Kuper, H, Hannah Kuper, Atijosan, O, Rischewski, Dorothea, Atijosan, Oluwarantimi, Simms, Victoria, Oluwarantimi Atijosan, Chris Lavy   +14 more
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Pedobarographic Analysis following Ponseti Treatment for Unilateral Neglected Congenital Clubfoot

, 2018
Recent trends have led to an interest in Ponseti treatment for correcting neglected congenital clubfoot. Although good clinical and functional outcomes have been reported, the plantar pressure distribution after the treatment of neglected clubfoot has ...
Wei Lei, Lei Shang, Jie Wei, Ya-Bo Yan, Chao Xu, Lu-Yu Huang, Xiao-Jiang Yang   +6 more
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