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The term osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) began with William Vrolik in the 1840s. OI is often known as brittle bone disease, and is a genetic connective tissue disorder, involving type 1 collagen [...]

The recent publication from ‘Walk for Life Clubfoot’ (WFL) in Bangladesh shares data identifying Factors Affecting Parents to ‘Drop-Out’ from the Ponseti Method treatment and the ramifications [...]

The recent publication of international normative data for paediatric foot posture collated the foot posture (Foot Posture Index: FPI-6) from over 3000 healthy children [...]

Footprints have long been used to measure foot morphology, with the concept of foot posture, arriving more recently – initially from Dahle and validated by Redmond as the Foot Posture Index [...]

A recent report from Professor Jens Oleson and Dr Sinead Holden from Aalborg University, Denmark suggests that Osgood Schlatter’s (OSD) may not be the self-limiting condition as typically [...]

A letter to our donors (10 May, 2019)   Thanks to our wonderful donors, supporters, and everyone involved, Walk for Life (WFL) has almost reached treatment provision for 25,000 children born [...]

Children’s Feet – some practical Pointers for Parents Clubfeet are serious The most significant congenital foot problem is a clubfoot (aka talipes equino varus) which affects approximately 1:1000 [...]

Normative reference data is helpful for clinicians, as it allows comparison of an individual with a relevant group or population. Paediatric reference values are perhaps more challenging for [...]

Different congenital paediatric foot deformities – similar gait and posture effect. Congenital talipes equino varus (CTEV) is well recognized, both clinically and in terms of consequence. [...]

Ewen Jack’s classic paper in 1953 stated: “Flat foot,,, is a highly controversial subject..” before going on to describe the merits and limitations of a ‘toe-raising test’ – now the eponymous [...]