(1) We report on 2 male propositi, their mothers, and a maternal aunt with a new skeletal dysplasia associated with a unique pattern of digital malformation, variable mild short stature, and mild bowleg with proximal overgrowth of the fibula.
(2) A study of the underlying biochemical events would contribute to a better understanding of the control of longitudinal growth rate in epiphyseal growth plates and of the molecular pathology of exaggerated physiologic bowleg or knock-knee deformities.
(3) There were sixty-four knock-knees and eighteen bowlegs.
(4) The measurement of the proximal tibial metaphyseal diaphyseal angle and the tibial metaphyseal metaphyseal angle were more significant than that of the femorotibial angle for early differentiation of the infantile type of Blount's disease from physiological bowleg.
(5) Bowlegs and knock-knees are common concerns in the early years of life.
(6) The tibial metaphyseal-diaphyseal (MD) and tibial-femoral (TF) angles were measured on the radiographs of 33 knees in young children (aged 12-36 months) with bowleg deformity.
(7) Children with clinical tibiofemoral angles, intercondylar or intermalleolar distances tended to be bowlegged at birth, maximally knock-kneed at age 3 and to have normal lower limbs by age 8.
(8) Our assessment of the surgical correction of bowleg deformity in eight patients with sex-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets showed the best results in patients having staged, proximal tibial osteotomies at completion of growth.
(9) Tibia vara is characterized by inhibited growth of the medial portion of the proximal tibial growth plate, leading to progressive bowleg deformity.
(10) Roentgenographical examinations were carried out in 41 joints of 22 cases with physiological bowleg and 7 joints of 5 cases with the infantile type of Blount's disease.
(11) Serial radiographic measurements of the tibias of 14 children 12 months to 5 years of age who were being evaluated for bowleg deformities showed both proximal and distal tibial bowing.
(12) The children had a total of 231 siblings, of whom 10 had bowlegs, while 16 parents had been similarly affected during their own infancy.
(13) Symptomatic bowlegs and knock-knees are common in the aging person and aging athlete secondary to knee trauma.
(14) The degree and it's change of the distal tibial metaphyseal diaphyseal angle show no difference between physiological bowleg and the infantile type of Blount's disease.
Valgus
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Example Sentences:
(1) It also provides mechanical support for the collateral ligaments during valgus or varus stress of the knee.
(2) Partial duplication of the proximal part of the long arm of chromosome 5, on the other hand, is associated mainly with musculoskeletal abnormalities including muscle hypotrophy and hypotonia, scoliosis, lordosis, pectus carinatum, cubitus valgus, and genu valgum, in addition to psychomotor retardation.
(3) Cubitus valgus or instability due to a pseudarthrosis of the lateral epicondyle or to ligamentous injury may stretch the nerve.
(4) Modifications of the Wilson bunionectomy and osteotomy procedure enable the surgeon to address multiple, individual abnormalities associated with the hallux abductor valgus deformity.
(5) One also had an associated valgus deformity and another had supination of the forefoot; all had intractable problems with footwear.
(6) The tibial and femoral components were individually positioned at 0 degrees (horizontal) and at certain angles of varus and valgus.
(7) Preoperative diagnosis was symptomatic hallux valgus complex with hypermobile first ray in 33 and failed bunion surgery in 7.
(8) The progressive valgus deformity might have been caused by stimulation of overgrowth of the medial tibial metaphysis.
(9) While the surgeon may tend to use one procedure in the repair of a hallux valgus deformity, versatility is most important when treating the juvenile bunion.
(10) Medial collateral sprains are produced primarily by external rotation and valgus forces.
(11) The maximum error was 6.68 degrees valgus and 4.62 degrees varus.
(12) The other complications included recurrence of the hallux valgus in two feet, pain under a fibular sesamoid in one foot, and a tailor's bunion that was unrelated to the operation in one foot.
(13) Eight fractures were stabilized in greater than 5 degrees of varus or valgus.
(14) In the later stages, with a narrowed articular space and valgus angulation, the isotope was concentrated to the lateral side of the joint, while joints with varus angulation had a more symmetric distribution.
(15) All participated in sports that involved throwing (mostly professional baseball), and all had valgus instability of the elbow.
(16) We could demonstrate with statistical significance that (1) when the subjects with hallux valgus push the great toe on the ground, the first metatarsal head moved in medial direction; in other words the foot widened.
(17) The authors explain the sequential development of a bunion beginning with hallux abducto valgus, then hypertrophy of the dorsomedial tubercle, followed by proximal articular set angle adaptation.
(18) Twenty-six patients with severe tibial bone loss and secondary varus-valgus instability of greater than 20 degrees were treated by total knee arthroplasty using autogeneic bone as a graft in the defect.
(19) The method used most in the operative technique is the correction of valgus deviation at the head of the tibia after osteotomy of the fibula with stabilization with a fixateur externe.
(20) Hallux varus is not uncommon after hallux valgus surgery.