Page 24 - 2. CONGENITAL TALIPES

CLINICAL FEATURES

• The deformity usually obvious at birth, the foot is both

turned and twisted inwards so the sole faces

posteromedially.

• The ankle is equinus,the heel is inverted and the forefoot

adducted and supinated but sometimes also has high

medial arch(cavus) and the talus may protrude on the

dorsolateral surface of the foot.

• The heel is usually small and high; the calcaneum may be

felt with great difficulty.

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