"When parents are faced with this disaster of seeing a baby born with clubfeet, they get to be very depressed. When they go to the doctor and are told that their baby must have surgery, they are sad. But when they can see that this deformity is nothing, that is a very easy thing to correct and the child is normal, they have hope." Dr Ignacio Ponseti
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Why Donate to miraclefeet ?
$1000 - allows us to treat 5 children so they can walk for the rest of their lives
$200 gives the gift of walking to 1 child
$50 covers the cost of a child's brace
$25 provides casts for up to 10 children
Resources
Online Resources
Information about clubfoot and clubfoot treatment
The University of Iowa Ponseti Clubfoot Center
Ponseti International Association
Parent Support
On Line Support Group for Parents
Birth Defects Research for Children
Videos
The Walking Miracle by Ponseti International Association
The University of Iowa Video on Clubfoot (part 1)
Books
Congenital Clubfoot Fundamentals of Treatment (Oxford University Press), 1996. by Ignacio Ponseti
The printed hardcover copy is available for 75$+shipping costs through the Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa 52242. Chapter 7 covers treatment in depth.
A shorter version of Dr. Ponseti's treatment manual "Clubfoot: Ponseti Management" produced by Global-HELP Publications is available in several languages
Relevant Journal Articles on Clubfoot
Cooper, Douglas M., and Frederick R. Dietz. "Treatment of Idiopathic Clubfoot. A Thirty-Year Follow-up Note." The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume. 77(10): 1477-1489, 1995 Oct.
Ponseti, I.V. "Correction of the talar neck angle in congenital clubfoot with sequential manipulation and casting." Iowa Orthopaedic Journal. 18: 74-5, 1998.
Ponseti, I.V. "Common errors in the treatment of congenital clubfoot." International Orthopaedics. 21(2): 137-41,1997.
Ponseti, I.V. "The treatment of congenital clubfoot [editorial]." Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy. 20(1): 1, 1994 Jul.
Ponseti, I.V. "Treatment of Congenital Clubfoot." [Review] [72 refs] Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 74(3): 448-54, 1992 Mar.
Laaveg, S.J., and I.V. Ponseti. "Long-term results of treatment of congenital clubfoot." Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 62(1): 23-31, 1980 Jan.
Campos, J., and I.V. Ponseti. "Observations on pathogenesis and treatment of congenital clubfoot." Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. 84: 50-60, 1972 May.
Brand, R.A., Laaveg, S.J., Crowninshield, R.D., and Ponseti, I.V. "The Center of Pressure Path in Treated Clubfeet." Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. 160: 43-47, 1981 Oct.
Ponseti, I.V. Congenital Clubfoot: Fundamentals of Treatment. Oxford University Press, 1996.
Ponseti, I.V. and Becker, J.R. "Congenital Metatarsus Adductus: The Results of Treatment." Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 43(4): 702-711, 1966 June.
Farseti, P., Weinstein, S., and Ponseti, I.V. "The Long-Term Functional and Radiographic Outcomes of Untreated and Non-Operatively Treated Metatarsus Adductus." Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume. 76(2): 257-265, 1994 Feb.
Morcuende, JA, Dietz, FR, Ponseti, IV, and Weinstein, SL. Plaster cast treatment of clubfoot: the Ponseti method of manipulation and casting. J Pediatr Orthop, 3:161-167, 1994
