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  2. Foot deformity - Wikipedia

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    A foot deformity is a disorder of the foot that can be congenital or acquired. Above is a foot of a black boy who did not wear shoes, and below is another foot of a white boy. His feet were completely deformed due to wearing tight shoes for a long period of time. Such deformities can include hammer toe, club foot, flat feet, pes cavus, etc.

  3. Clubfoot - Wikipedia

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    For feet with the typical components of deformity (cavus, forefoot adductus, hindfoot varus, and ankle equinus), the typical procedure is a Posteromedial Release (PMR) surgery. This is done through an incision across the medial side of the foot and ankle, that extends posteriorly, and sometimes around to the lateral side of the foot.

  4. Foot binding - Wikipedia

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    Women with such deformed feet avoided placing weight on the front of the foot and tended to walk predominantly on their heels. [85] Walking on bound feet necessitated bending the knees slightly and swaying to maintain proper movement and balance, a dainty walk that was also considered to be erotically attractive to some men. [105]

  5. Girl 'can't walk unaided' months after stage injury - AOL

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    Niamh's mother says the positioning of the youngster's left foot "needs correcting" [Family handout] A 12-year-old girl is unable to walk unaided seven months after suffering an injury while ...

  6. Flat feet - Wikipedia

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    Flat feet, also called pes planus or fallen arches, is a postural deformity in which the arches of the foot collapse, with the entire sole of the foot coming into complete or near-complete contact with the ground. Sometimes children are born with flat feet (congenital).

  7. Rocker bottom foot - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the flexible flat foot that is commonly encountered in young children, congenital vertical talus is characterized by presence of a very rigid foot deformity. The foot deformity in congenital vertical talus consists of various components, namely a prominent calcaneus caused by the ankle equines or plantar flexion, a convex and rounded sole of the foot caused by prominence of the head of ...

  8. 'Unusual bumps' found by quarry worker leads to discovery of ...

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    "The preservation is so detailed that we can see how the mud was deformed as the dinosaur’s feet squelched in and out," said Duncan Murdock, earth scientist at the Oxford University Museum of ...

  9. Neuropathic arthropathy - Wikipedia

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    Second, when the foot has become deformed and ulceration has occurred; TCC can be used to stabilize and support the foot, and to help move the wound toward healing. Walking braces controlled by pneumatics are also used. In these patients, surgical correction of a joint is rarely successful in the long term.