title: Conservative treatment of flatfoot in the newborn.
abstract: Excessive pronation of the feet is almost a universal condition among children, which is demonstrated as an abnormal weight-bearing position on hard, flat surfaces. Excessive pronation of the feet of children is closely associated with intrinsic and extrinsic skeletal deformity in adults; consequently, it must be neutralized as a basic necessity to most proper footcare, as the child grows. It must be a priority of podiatric medicine to develop a practical plan for supervision of foot health from the earliest weight bearing in infancy and to work in close cooperation with parents and pediatricians in doing so.
authors.affiliation: Department of Podiatry, VA Medical Center, East Orange, New Jersey.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Tax
mesh_terms: D005413:Flatfoot / Q000196:embryology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009989:Orthotic Devices