The causes of knee valgus in children are multiple and complex. Physiologic knock knee, trauma, poliomyelitis, dysplasias, and infection all can be causative. One of the most interesting examples is the valgus that sometimes follows an un displaced proximal tibial metaphyseal fracture. Treatment for all these entities can vary from doing nothing to corrective osteotomies, stapling of the medial epiphysealplate, and bracing of the leg.
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L Cozen (1990) studied this question.