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Genu valgum picture
Genu valgum is the medical name for knock knees. Knock knees has to do
with how the knee lines itself up with the hip and ankle. In a normal
standing position, if someone's knees are touching, then their ankles will
also touch. In a child with knock knees though, when the knees touch, the
ankles are separated by a good distance. Their knees “knock” into one
another.
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Causes of Genu valgum
Infants start out with bowlegs because of their folded position in the
uterus. The infant's bowlegs begin to straighten once the child starts to walk
(at about 12 to 18 months). By age 3, the child becomes knock-kneed. When the
child stands, the knees touch but the ankles are apart.
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