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Normal development
1 year Bow legs (15° varus)
2 year Neutral
3 year Knock knees (10° valgus)
6 year Physiological valgus (6° valgus)
Note range ~15° either way at each age
- Persistence of physiologic variations may occur
- Esp in some families & racial groups

Correction of juxtaarticular deformities in children using the Ilizarov apparatus Keisuke Sakurakichi1, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya1 , Tamon Kabata1, Teruhisa Yamashiro1, Koji Watanabe1 and Katsuro Tomita1 (1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan Received: 20 February 2004 Accepted: 11 April 2005 ...

SOA Textbook Chapter in preparation
Torsion of the femur and tibia, as well as genu varum and genu valgum, are considered physiological variations of development that occur in normal infants and children. Infants commonly present with anteversion of the femur, medial tibial torsion and genu varum. With growth, the femoral anteversion...

Focal dome osteotomy for the correction of tibial deformity in children. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B. 14(5):340-346, September 2005. Dilawaiz Nadeem, R.; Quick, Thomas J.; Eastwood, Deborah M. Abstract: Tibial deformity in childhood often combines torsional and angular malalignment. A focal dome osteotomy was performed, proximally or distally, in 39 tibiae...

Multiapical Deformity
Angular Deformity + shortening
Etiology
Postrauma
Infection
Congenital
Surgical comp.

Google Books version of 2005 edition of the publication by Dror Paley & J.E.Herzenberg
Chapeters -
Normal Limb Alignment and Orientation
Malalignment and Malorientation in the frontal plane
Radiographic Assessment of Lower Limb Deformities
Fronatl Plane Mechanical and Anatomic Axis Planninng
Osteotomy Concepts and Frontal Plane Realignment
Sagittal Plane Deformities