Dr. Ponseti's Studies

• Treatment of the complex idiopathic clubfoot - October 2006 - Ignacio V Ponseti, Miroslav Zhivkov, Naomi Davis, Marc Sinclair, Matthew B Dobbs, Jose A Morcuende
• Results of an accelerated Ponseti protocol for clubfoot. 2005 Sep-Oct - Morcuende JA, Abbasi D, Dolan LA, Ponseti IV.
• Late recurrence of clubfoot deformity: a 45-year followup. 2003 Jun - Dobbs MB, Corley CL, Morcuende JA, Ponseti IV.
• Relapsing clubfoot: causes, prevention, and treatment. 2002 - Ponseti IV.
• The effect of the internet in the treatment of congenital idiopathic clubfoot 2003 - Jose A Morcuende, Martin Egbert, Ignacio V Ponseti
• The Ponseti technique for correction of congenital clubfoot. 2002 Oct - Ponseti IV.(this is a letter to the editor from Dr. Ponseti clarifying how his techniques had been misinterpreted by others in their studies. I can not find a full text of this. If you know of a source, or even have the text saved please share with us!)
• Relapsing clubfoot: causes, prevention, and treatment 2002 - Ignacio V Ponseti
• Treatment of idiopathic clubfoot: an historical review. 2000 - Dobbs MB, Morcuende JA, Gurnett CA, Ponseti IV.
• Clubfoot management. 2000 Nov-Dec - Ponseti IV.
• Correction of the talar neck angle in congenital clubfoot with sequential manipulation and casting. 1998 - I.V. Ponseti
• Common errors in the treatment of congenital clubfoot. 1997 - Ponseti IV.
• Treatment of congenital club foot. 1992 Mar - Ponseti IV.
• Long-term results of treatment of congenital club foot. 1980 Jan - Laaveg SJ, Ponseti IV.
• Observations on pathogenesis and treatment of congenital clubfoot. 1972 May - Ponseti IV, Campos J.
• The Classic: Congenital Club Foot: The Results of Treatment 1963 - Ignacio V. Ponseti, MD corresponding author Eugene N. Smoley, MD

Note: This is the paper that was ignored by nearly every Orthopaedic Surgeon world wide for over 35 years

The 30 Year Study

(that fueled the parental revolution and was the inspiration for Dr. Ponseti's book, Congenital Clubfoot: Fundamentals of Treatment, published in 1996)

• Treatment of idiopathic clubfoot. A thirty-year follow-up note. 1995 Oct - Cooper DM, Dietz FR.

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Modification vs Strict Adherence to Ponseti Method

• Does Strict Adherence to the Ponseti Method Improve IsolatedClubfoot Treatment Outcomes? A Two-institution Review March 2015 - Nancy H. Miller MD, Patrick M. Carry BA, Bryan J. Mark BA, Glenn H. Engelman BA, Gaia Georgopoulos MD, Sue Graham PA-C, Matthew B. Dobbs MD

Clubfoot In History

• From Codivilla to Ponseti: historical narrative review on clubfoot treatment in Italy July 2021 - Flavia Alberghina, Gianluca Testa, Sergio Monforte, Vito Pavone, Antonio Andreacchio
• Francisco Arceo de Fregenal and the treatment of clubfoot up to the sixteenth century - July 2018 - José Ramón Vallejo, José Miguel Cobos

Ponseti Method Training

• Management of Idiopathic Clubfoot After Formal Training in the Ponseti Method: A Multi-Year, International Suryey 2013 - Asitha Jayawardena, BA, Lewis E. Zionts, MD, and Jose A. Morcuende, MD, PhD