Peroneal Spastic Flatfoot is a foot in which the arch is flatter due to a spasm in the peroneal muscle.
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Peroneal Spastic Flatfoot (Podiatry Arena)
Peroneal Spastic Flatfoot (PodiaPaedia)
Peroneal Spastic Flatfoot (Foot Health Forum)
Congenital Vertical Talus is a severe cause of flat foot (or overpronation) in kids. The talus is almost vertically, pointing plantarly so that the navicular bone is articulating with the top of the head of the talus. Surgery is usually the only satisfactory treatment.
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Congenital Vertical Talus (Foot Health Forum)
Congenital Vertical Talus (Podiatry Arena)
Congenital Vertical Talus (PodiaPaedia)
C is for Congenital Vertical Talus (Podiatry ABC)
What has Autism to do with podiatry? Several things: gait abnormalities are an early sign of autism; and those with autism get foot problem just like anyone else, so Podiatrists need to be familiar with autism.
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Autism (PodiaPaedia)
Autism Threads (Podiatry Arena)
Gait analysis to identify autism (Podiatry Arena)
Autism (Podiatry TV)
Autism and the MMR Vaccine (Professor of Life)
Autism (Foot Health Forum)
Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure (PodiaPaedia)