A treatise on orthopedic surgery . An attitude that simulates the flat-foot. (See Fig. 466.) Fig. 465 compared with Fig. 464illustrates the voluntary protectionof the foot from overstrain. THE WEAK FOOT. Synon3ans.^—Splaj-foot, flat-foot. The introductory pages of this chapter lead naturally to theconsideration of the most important of the acquired disabilitiesof the foot/ a disability whose characteristic in the mildest and ^ In 1909, 1713 new^ cases of weak foot were registered in the outpatientdepartment of the Hospital for Euptured and Crippled in a total of 7296new patients, 23 per cent.
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . An attitude that simulates the flat-foot. (See Fig. 466.) Fig. 465 compared with Fig. 464illustrates the voluntary protectionof the foot from overstrain. THE WEAK FOOT. Synon3ans.^—Splaj-foot, flat-foot. The introductory pages of this chapter lead naturally to theconsideration of the most important of the acquired disabilitiesof the foot/ a disability whose characteristic in the mildest and ^ In 1909, 1713 new^ cases of weak foot were registered in the outpatientdepartment of the Hospital for Euptured and Crippled in a total of 7296new patients, 23 per cent. DISABILITIES AND DEFORMITIES OF THE FOOT. 709. Typical flat-foot of moderate de-gree, illustrating the component ele-ments of abduction and depression ofthe arch. ill the most advanced type is the persistence of the passive atti-tude of abduction, or an approximation to it, in place of normalalternation of posture. Disuse of function is followed by restric-tion of motion, particularly in the range of adduction and plan-tar flexion, and finally by de-formity, a deformity that is ^^^- ^^^•simply an exaggeration of thenormal posture assumed whenthe foot supports weight (). This is the so-calledflat-foot (Fig. 466). At firstglance it may seem that thedepression of the arch is themost noticeable peculiarity ina characteristic case of flat-foot, and that the popularname is, therefore, an appro-priate one. On closer exami-iiation, however, it will appearthat the foot is not flat becauseits keystone has sunk, but that the lowered arch is caused by lateral displacement (ab-duction) . This fact may be demonstrated by adducting the
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