Flat foot deformity is due to depression or complete loss of the longitudinal arch of the foot which can be due to congenital or acquired cause. Anatomy of the arch of the foot Two Arch are present 1. Longitudinal Arch Medial and lateral 2. Transverse Arch Anterior and posterior Functions of arch Body weight distribution […]
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Pes Cavus or High arch foot is characterized as it is not flattened on weight-bearing or during the gait cycle Etiology of Pes Cavus Neuromuscular causes Muscular dystrophy Becker’s Duchenne’s Neuropathies Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy I and II Cord lesion Poliomyelitis Syringomyelia Diastomatomyelia Tethered cord Cerebral disorder Cerebral palsy Friedreich ataxia Tripod analogy of […]
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