When the Soviet Union entered the war between the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States no longer needed their aid, but Stalin was there to collect on Western promises. All these factors contributed to a climate of mistrust that heightened tensions at the outbreak of the Cold War.
Talipes equinovarus, commonly known as âclubfoot,â is a congenital deformity of the foot. It is characterized by plantar flexion (equinus), inversion (varus), and an exaggerated arch (cavus) that may involve one or both feet. Taken together, these deformities are said make the foot resemble a golf club, hence the name.
Non-spastic equinus can be hereditarily acquired when one is born with a shorter achilles tendon. More often the acquired deformity maybe due to the foot structure and over time the achilles tendon becomes shortened. If the total length of the tendon is not used and not needed, it will contract over time, which happens with a flatfoot deformity.