Cavus

Injuries are more common in tall players with "cavus," or high-arched feet—a shape more prevalent in people of Caucasian and Asian descent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

_Treatment_ should first be directed towards the equinus or calcaneus element of the deformity, for if these are corrected the cavus condition tends to disappear. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

When the instep is unduly arched, the terms _pes cavus_, _pes arcuatus_ or _hollow claw-foot_ are employed; while loss of the arch constitutes _flat-foot_, and eversion of the sole, _pes valgus_. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

Jones gets rid of the cavus deformity by resecting a wedge with its base towards the dorsum from the middle of the tarsus; the foot is then placed in a position of extreme calcaneus, the dorsum coming into contact with the front of the leg. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The deformity presents a combination of the hollow foot -- pes cavus -- with pes calcaneus, and resembles that of a Chinese lady's foot. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

When the equinus is corrected, the excessive arching of the foot (pes cavus) and the clawing of the toes usually disappear, but it may be necessary to lengthen the flexor tendons, especially that of the great toe, and also the plantar fascia. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

Caias, similar to the cava, cavus, and cavea of the Romans. ❋ Jacob Bryant (1759)

We may suppose Argaius to signify Mons cavus: or rather _ignis cavitas_, sive _Vulcani domus_, a name given from its being hollow, and at the same time a reservoir of fiery matter. ❋ Jacob Bryant (1759)

Visser gave a presentation on operative therapy of cavus foot deformity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This photograph shows well the characteristics of the Chinese foot -- the prominent and vertically placed heel, which is raised generally about an inch from the level of the great toe; the sharp artificial cavus, produced by the altered position of the os calcis, and the downward deflection of the foot in front of the mediotarsal joint; the straight and downward pointing great toe, and the infolding of the smaller toes underneath the great toe. ❋ Unknown (1896)

Examination revealed that the foot is flat and fixed in extreme 195) The best treatment for pes cavus causing severe eversion by spastic contraction of the peroneal local pressure on the metatarsal-heads is by: muscles and long extensors of the toes. ❋ Unknown (2008)