[The psychogenic clubfoot. A rare posttraumatic condition (author's transl)].

At the beginning of this century and during World War I psychogenic contractures were very common; later on they became rare.--The author reports and demonstrates 3 cases of psychogenic supination contractures of the foot (functional clubfeet) following a slight trauma of the ankle, the treatment of which was carried out in 1946, 1974 and 1976. All of these patients were women. The deformity of the foot was caused by a permanent contraction of the tibialis-muscles without an underlying organic disease. The therapy consisted of an arthrodesis of the midtarsal joints along with a transfer of the tibialis-anterior-tendon to metatarsus V. In all three cases both deformity and pain disappeared. The quantity and quality of the patients' mobility improved to near normal.--With this article the author intends to remind the orthopedic surgeons and the neurologists of this functional contracture.