Rocker bottom feet Pictures, Trisomy, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
Rocker bottom feet is a congenital disease. In this disease, the bones of the foot of baby are shifted on the top side due to the wrong positioning of talus bone of foot during development of fetus. It is a rare occurring birth defect. Rocker bottom feet is also known as congenital vertical talus because the talus bone of foot arrange itself vertically leading to the miss arrangement of other foot bones. In this disease, the front end of foot is pointed upward and there is no arch present in the foot. The bottom end become stiff.
Trisomy is a condition in which the fetus contain less number of chromosomes than usual i.e. have 21 no. of chromosomes. So the baby having 21 no. of chromosomes are called as trisomy 21. Like that there are two other types of trisomy i.e. trisomy 18 and trisomy 13. Trisomy 18 is also known as Edward’s syndrome and trisomy 13 is known as patau syndrome. It is a genetic disorder with combination of birth defects. If the birth defect is in the foot regarding talus bone then the condition is known as rocker bottom feet syndrome.
It is a rarely occurring birth defect. The associated symptoms of rocker bottom feet are as follows:
The disease is judged when the baby start walking. The front side of foot is pointed upward along with the mid area of foot straighten vertically. The back side of foot is elevated upward due to the flex in the foot ankle. The foot appear as a winged structure instead of an aligned position with respect to the hind foot. The child when walk, he walk moving inside of the foot position due to abnormal positioning of talus bone.
Rocker bottom feet is a congenital disease so it occurs due the defect in chromosomes number. Other than congenital issue, it can also occur secondary to the other musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. Some of them are spina bifida, trisomy 13, 14, 15 or 18 and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. The most reported cause behind rocker bottom feet is the congenital abnormality in genes and chromosome number. As in trisomy, the chromosome numbers are less with respect to the original number of chromosomes i.e. 21 number of chromosomes instead of 23. One pair is missing in this condition.
The rocker bottom feet can be treated in two ways i.e. non-surgical way or a surgical way. Most of the cases of rocker bottom feet disease require surgical treatment. But some of the cases can be treated with non-surgical treatment. It includes the stretching exercises for the fore foot and hind foot. Casting is also done to make it stable on its position. Along with casting serial manipulation can also be done. The recovery from nonsurgical treatment is temporary. Surgery is performed to position the talus bone on correct position and allow the movements in three ways i.e. side-to-side, up-and-down and front-and-back.
Rocker bottom feet Trisomy
Trisomy is a condition in which the fetus contain less number of chromosomes than usual i.e. have 21 no. of chromosomes. So the baby having 21 no. of chromosomes are called as trisomy 21. Like that there are two other types of trisomy i.e. trisomy 18 and trisomy 13. Trisomy 18 is also known as Edward’s syndrome and trisomy 13 is known as patau syndrome. It is a genetic disorder with combination of birth defects. If the birth defect is in the foot regarding talus bone then the condition is known as rocker bottom feet syndrome.
Rocker bottom feet Pictures
Rocker bottom feet Symptoms
It is a rarely occurring birth defect. The associated symptoms of rocker bottom feet are as follows:
The disease is judged when the baby start walking. The front side of foot is pointed upward along with the mid area of foot straighten vertically. The back side of foot is elevated upward due to the flex in the foot ankle. The foot appear as a winged structure instead of an aligned position with respect to the hind foot. The child when walk, he walk moving inside of the foot position due to abnormal positioning of talus bone.
Rocker bottom feet Causes
Rocker bottom feet is a congenital disease so it occurs due the defect in chromosomes number. Other than congenital issue, it can also occur secondary to the other musculoskeletal and neurological conditions. Some of them are spina bifida, trisomy 13, 14, 15 or 18 and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. The most reported cause behind rocker bottom feet is the congenital abnormality in genes and chromosome number. As in trisomy, the chromosome numbers are less with respect to the original number of chromosomes i.e. 21 number of chromosomes instead of 23. One pair is missing in this condition.
Rocker bottom feet Treatment
The rocker bottom feet can be treated in two ways i.e. non-surgical way or a surgical way. Most of the cases of rocker bottom feet disease require surgical treatment. But some of the cases can be treated with non-surgical treatment. It includes the stretching exercises for the fore foot and hind foot. Casting is also done to make it stable on its position. Along with casting serial manipulation can also be done. The recovery from nonsurgical treatment is temporary. Surgery is performed to position the talus bone on correct position and allow the movements in three ways i.e. side-to-side, up-and-down and front-and-back.
Rocker bottom feet Pictures, Trisomy, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment
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