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The Denis Browne bar, also known as the Denis Browne splint or foot abduction orthosis, is a medical device used in the treatment of club foot. The device is named after Sir Denis Browne (1892-1967), an Australian-born surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London who was considered the father of pediatric surgery in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
The Ponseti method is a manipulative technique that corrects congenital clubfoot without invasive surgery. It was developed by Ignacio V. Ponseti of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, US, in the 1950s, and was repopularized in 2000 by John Herzenberg in the US and Europe and in Africa by NHS surgeon Steve Mannion.
Ignacio Ponseti (3 June 1914 – 18 October 2009), also known as Ignasi Ponsetí i Vives, was a Spanish-American physician, specializing in orthopedics.He was born on 3 June 1914 in Menorca, part of the Balearic Islands, Spain, Ponseti was the son of a watchmaker and spent his childhood helping repair watches.
Dr. Matthew Dodds discusses the types of treatments available for clubfoot at Palm Beach Children's Hospital.
Hope Walks, formerly CURE Clubfoot, [1] is a Christian nonprofit organization based in Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, that treats infant clubfoot in developing countries around the world. As of 2019, Hope Walks operates over 130 clinics in 16 countries including Ethiopia , Niger and the Dominican Republic . [ 2 ]
Clubfoot is a congenital or acquired defect where one or both feet are rotated inward and downward. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Congenital clubfoot is the most common congenital malformation of the foot with an incidence of 1 per 1000 births. [ 5 ]
The establishment of the National Institute for Fitness and Sports (NIFS) was part of Indianapolis’s urban renewal strategy to become a national leader in amateur sports. [1] The National Institute for Sports and Fitness located on the IUPUI campus was constructed in 1987 by Browning, Day, Dierdorf, Inc.
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