Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have suggested that a variation in the gene that processes folate could be a cause of clubfoot.
Treatment, which begins at birth and can take years, involves multiple plaster casts, and often multiple operations.
The scientists analysed more than 1,000 genetic samples which showed for the first time that babies with the less common variant of the C677T variant in the gene methyltetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) are less likely to develop clubfoot.
