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Positional foot deformity

MedGen UID:
870707
Concept ID:
C4025161
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Positional foot deformities
 
HPO: HP:0005656

Definition

A foot deformity resulting due to an abnormality affecting the muscle and soft tissue. In contrast if the bones of the foot are affected the term structural foot deformity applies. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Koolen-de Vries syndrome
MedGen UID:
355853
Concept ID:
C1864871
Disease or Syndrome
Koolen-de Vries syndrome (KdVS) is characterized by developmental delay / intellectual disability, neonatal/childhood hypotonia, dysmorphisms, congenital malformations, and behavioral features. Psychomotor developmental delay is noted in all individuals from an early age. The majority of individuals with KdVS function in the mild-to-moderate range of intellectual disability. Other findings include speech and language delay (100%), epilepsy (~33%), congenital heart defects (25%-50%), renal and urologic anomalies (25%-50%), and cryptorchidism (71% of males). Behavior in most is described as friendly, amiable, and cooperative.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Xiu Y, Wang Y, He F, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Sun W, Wang B, Chen L
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2023 Dec;36(1):2192323. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2023.2192323. PMID: 36948222
Lundeen GA, Dunaway LJ
Foot Ankle Int 2016 Aug;37(8):822-8. Epub 2016 Apr 6 doi: 10.1177/1071100716643278. PMID: 27053405
Deben SE, Pomeroy GC
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2014 Aug;22(8):512-20. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-22-08-512. PMID: 25063749

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Zide JR, Hardin C, Shivers C, Tulchin-Francis K, Jo CH, Riccio AI
J Pediatr Orthop 2023 Jan 1;43(1):e43-e47. Epub 2022 Oct 13 doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002277. PMID: 36224093
Rampal V, Giuliano F
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2020 Feb;106(1S):S115-S123. Epub 2019 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2019.03.021. PMID: 31648997
Evans AM, Rome K
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2011 Mar;47(1):69-89. PMID: 21448121
Fortin PT, Walling AK
Clin Orthop Relat Res 1999 Aug;(365):91-9. doi: 10.1097/00003086-199908000-00012. PMID: 10627691
Mann RA, Chou LB
Foot Ankle Int 1995 Jul;16(7):401-5. doi: 10.1177/107110079501600704. PMID: 7550952

Diagnosis

Honig EL, Haeberle HS, Kehoe CM, Dodwell ER
Curr Opin Pediatr 2021 Feb 1;33(1):105-113. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000977. PMID: 33315688
Rampal V, Giuliano F
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2020 Feb;106(1S):S115-S123. Epub 2019 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2019.03.021. PMID: 31648997
DeHeer PA
Clin Podiatr Med Surg 2017 Apr;34(2):207-227. Epub 2017 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.cpm.2016.10.008. PMID: 28257675
Deben SE, Pomeroy GC
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2014 Aug;22(8):512-20. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-22-08-512. PMID: 25063749
Younger AS, Hansen ST Jr
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2005 Sep;13(5):302-15. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200509000-00004. PMID: 16148356

Therapy

Grimm MPD, Irwin TA
Foot Ankle Clin 2022 Jun;27(2):253-269. Epub 2022 May 11 doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2021.11.016. PMID: 35680287
Schoenhaus HD
Clin Podiatr Med Surg 2020 Jan;37(1):117-123. Epub 2019 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.cpm.2019.08.010. PMID: 31735263
Espinosa N, Vacas E
Foot Ankle Clin 2018 Sep;23(3):485-498. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2018.04.008. PMID: 30097087
Barouk P
Foot Ankle Clin 2014 Sep;19(3):407-24. Epub 2014 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2014.06.005. PMID: 25129352
Rajczy RM, McDonald PR, Shapiro HS, Boc SF
Clin Podiatr Med Surg 2012 Jan;29(1):41-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cpm.2011.11.001. PMID: 22243568

Prognosis

Rampal V, Giuliano F
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2020 Feb;106(1S):S115-S123. Epub 2019 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2019.03.021. PMID: 31648997
Evans AM, Rome K
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2011 Mar;47(1):69-89. PMID: 21448121
Bernstein RM
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2002 Nov-Dec;10(6):417-24. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200211000-00006. PMID: 12470044
Fortin PT, Walling AK
Clin Orthop Relat Res 1999 Aug;(365):91-9. doi: 10.1097/00003086-199908000-00012. PMID: 10627691
Mann RA, Chou LB
Foot Ankle Int 1995 Jul;16(7):401-5. doi: 10.1177/107110079501600704. PMID: 7550952

Clinical prediction guides

Zide JR, Hardin C, Shivers C, Tulchin-Francis K, Jo CH, Riccio AI
J Pediatr Orthop 2023 Jan 1;43(1):e43-e47. Epub 2022 Oct 13 doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002277. PMID: 36224093
Evans AM, Rome K
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2011 Mar;47(1):69-89. PMID: 21448121
Bernstein RM
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2002 Nov-Dec;10(6):417-24. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200211000-00006. PMID: 12470044
Fortin PT, Walling AK
Clin Orthop Relat Res 1999 Aug;(365):91-9. doi: 10.1097/00003086-199908000-00012. PMID: 10627691
Vogel F Jr
Clin Podiatry 1984 Dec;1(3):581-99. PMID: 6536410

Recent systematic reviews

Poutoglidou F, Marsland D, Elliot R
Foot Ankle Surg 2024 Aug;30(6):441-449. Epub 2024 Mar 16 doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2024.03.004. PMID: 38514277
Do DH, Sun JJ, Wukich DK
Orthop Clin North Am 2022 Oct;53(4):499-508. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2022.05.005. PMID: 36208892
Tong JW, Kong PW
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2013 Oct;43(10):700-14. Epub 2013 Aug 30 doi: 10.2519/jospt.2013.4225. PMID: 23756327
Williams CM, James AM, Tran T
J Paediatr Child Health 2013 Sep;49(9):E428-33. Epub 2013 May 6 doi: 10.1111/jpc.12219. PMID: 23647850
Renzenbrink GJ, Buurke JH, Nene AV, Geurts AC, Kwakkel G, Rietman JS
J Rehabil Med 2012 Jul;44(8):614-23. doi: 10.2340/16501977-1012. PMID: 22729787

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