Anyone have the link to...?

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Dr. Ponseti's MA study that was published in the 70's? I'm curious

what it says exactly, does it say the FAB simply doesn't correct MA

or does it say it hinders the natural correction?

Just wondering... while I cleaned my bathroom... yes, a normal

person would NOT think about CF while cleaning LOL!

Kori

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Dr. Ponseti's MA study that was published in the 70's? I'm curious

what it says exactly, does it say the FAB simply doesn't correct MA

or does it say it hinders the natural correction?

Just wondering... while I cleaned my bathroom... yes, a normal

person would NOT think about CF while cleaning LOL!

Kori

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I dont have a link ... wish I did, but I read it long before Kai ever

was and what it actually said was that the FAB is unnecessary. Tt

won't harm anything, but it really isnt needed because MA will

spontaneously correct with time in most cases. The only exception is

rigid MA where the foot cannot be easily moved into a neutral position,

and then, like in clubfoot, they cast as reverse-last shoes wont really

correct it.

Having said that, Arica had reverse last shoes for a time because her

MA was a little rigid after a growth spurt. Now, at 4, her feet are

straight as lines It still comes and goes with big growth spurts,

but nothing like the monkey feet she had at birth lol

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> Dr. Ponseti's MA study that was published in the 70's? I'm curious

> what it says exactly, does it say the FAB simply doesn't correct MA

> or does it say it hinders the natural correction?

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> Just wondering... while I cleaned my bathroom... yes, a normal

> person would NOT think about CF while cleaning LOL!

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> Kori

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Kori,

I have a paper copy (from Dr. P). It was in the Journal of Bone and

Joint Surgery, June 1966, p. 702-711, " Congenital Metatarsus

Adductus, the Results of Treatment " by Dr. Ponseti and Dr. J.R.

Becker.

It says:

" We do not use swung out shoes either before or after the treatment.

An abduction bar on the shoes (usually called a Denis Browne splint)

is contra-indicated since with its use the valgus deformity of the

heel will be accentuated. Mild foot deformities that are passively

correctable need no treatment since they have a tendency to correct

themselves spontaneously. ... If the deformity is rigid, severe and

not passively correctable, corrective plaster casts adequately

applied are in our experience the only effective method of

treatment. ...

" In our experience the deformity did not recur once it had been well

corrected. "

Hope that helps.

and Claire

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What's MA?

Anyone have the link to...?

Dr. Ponseti's MA study that was published in the 70's? I'm curious

what it says exactly, does it say the FAB simply doesn't correct MA

or does it say it hinders the natural correction?

Just wondering... while I cleaned my bathroom... yes, a normal

person would NOT think about CF while cleaning LOL!

Kori

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Metatarsus Adductus - the front of the foot is aducted in so that the

foot looks kind of like a C

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> Dr. Ponseti's MA study that was published in the 70's? I'm curious

> what it says exactly, does it say the FAB simply doesn't correct MA

> or does it say it hinders the natural correction?

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> Just wondering... while I cleaned my bathroom... yes, a normal

> person would NOT think about CF while cleaning LOL!

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> Kori

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Hi ,

My oldest daughter now 8 1/2 had metatarsus adductus and was quite

bow-legged at the same time. Her MA was on the mild side and we did

see an orthopeadic surgeon at 18 months to make sure she was OK like

her pedatirician had advised us since her birth. We were told that

most all cases of metatarsus adductus fully correct themselves over

time and that the bow leggs eventually often become knocked-kneed.

They were indeed right. My daughter tripped quite often when first

learning to walk and we were very concerned but as she grew her feet

straightened out and she did become knock kneed also but not

unusually so. In fact, the appearance of her legs is very similar to

my 5 1/2 yr old who was born with bilateral clubfoot. She too is

somewhate knock kneed and it has always seemed to me as though these

two problems just had to be linked to eachother.

As for the MA, my oldest had completely grown out of the intoeing at

around age 4 if I remember correctly. Her feet are completely

straight now and she has no problems. She did however used to

complain about aches and pains at night in her feet and legs very

often for several years, up to the age of 6. That too dissappeared. I

assumed I would have had that with my clubfoot daughter, but she has

never complained of leg pain. Seems so strange to me!

We were advised that if our next child (after my oldest)was born with

the same MA to come to the orthopaedice surgeon soon after birth to

be checked sooner than before and they may possibly be able to help

with some special shoes. Well, we had a clubfoot baby after that, so

that was a different story.

Just a bit of our experience with MA. Hope it helps.

Holly and (bilateral born: 2-11-00 mod. severe,corrected by Dr.

ponseti at 5 months old. We live in Michigan)

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