Ignacio Ponseti spent his life gently molding and casting infants’ feet to cure a congenital disease known as clubfoot. And he would appreciate that a new group of doctors will begin arriving in the ...

Ponseti method has been found to be more effective in treating clubfoot than surgical treatment, say researchers. Clubfoot is a complex deformity in which the feet are twisted inward with the top of ...

The Ponseti method shows excellent functional results using the Ponseti Score System in nearly 90% of patients treated for congenital idiopathic clubfoot at a mean follow-up of 5 years, according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Ponseti method for treating pediatric idiopathic clubfoot produced better results compared with traditional ...

Clubfoot affects one in a thousand babies born in the United States, but with proper corrective treatment and follow-up, infants born with clubfoot can have feet compatible with an active, normal ...

Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, a refugee from the Spanish Civil War who created a nonsurgical way of treating clubfoot in infants that prevented a lifetime of disability, died Oct. 18 at the University of Iowa ...

Children born with clubfoot in low-income countries don't have many prospects if the abnormality is left untreated: they often can't walk and the stigma makes it difficult for them to marry and find ...

The 12th floor of the new University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital was a fitting place to meet with two Iowa City men who are key players in the worldwide quest to help kids with clubfoot ...

When I was born with polio in 1953 there was no vaccine. However, I consider myself fortunate even though I live now with post polio syndrome. You see, my doctor was Dr. Ignacio Ponseti at the ...