Congenital clubfoot

outcome measures (Paper V), 11 Norm group (Paper V), 12 Global subjective evaluation (Papers III, IV, V), 12 Contents Statistical methods, 12 Summary of Papers, 13 Paper I: Incidence of congenital clubfoot in Sweden, 13 Paper II: Ultrasound anatomy in the normal neonatal and infant foot: an introduction to ultrasound assessment of foot deformities, 13 Paper III: No association between residual forefoot adduction and the position of the navicular in clubfeet treated by posterior release, 14 Paper IV: Correction of persistent clubfoot deformities with the Ilizarov external fixator, 14 Paper V: Patient Reported Outcome at 62-67 years of age in 83 patients treated for congenital clubfoot, 15 Discussion, 17 Conclusions, 20 Future perspectives, 21 Acknowledgements, 22References, 23 mity.This hypothesis of a regional growth disturbance [9, 10] is supported by two observations.First, a disproportionate amount of type I fibres in the posterior and medial muscle groups [8], which suggests the presence of a neural abnormality as muscle fibre types are neurally determined.Second, tendon sheaths of toe flexors and posterior tibial tendon have signs of cellular hypoplasia with smaller cell and cytoplasmic volume [9].