Genu varum / Bow legs
Separation between the knees when standing with the ankles together, indicates genu varum.
Normal finding from birth to 2 years. Most below the age of 3 will resolve spontaneously.
When standing intercondylar distance can be measured in cm or fingerbreadths.
Differential diagnosis of non-correcting genu varum: - rickets, Blount’s disease, metaphyseal dysostosis, premature closure of epiphysis (eg trauma).
Foot will pronate excessively to get medial side of foot to the ground may need to protect foot, if severe, with orthoses.
https://childrenspodiatry.melbourne/index.php/blog/bow-legs-physiological-or-pathological
https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/40332/file/phr349_online.pdf
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