Tag John M. Graham MD ScD

Genesis Sometimes called “flexible flatfoot,” calcaneovalgus has a reported frequency of 1.1 per 1000 live births, although some authors indicate that more than 30% of newborns have calcaneovalgus deformity of both feet. It is usually the result of uterine constraint…

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Mechanical forces play an important role in both normal and abnormal morphogenesis. Anomalies that represent the normal response of a tissue to unusual mechanical forces are termed deformations , in contrast to malformations , which denote a primary problem in…