The terminology is made confusing by the etymology of these words. * The terms<unk>  and valgus are both latin, but confusingly, their latin meanings conflict with their current usage. In current usage, as noted above, a<unk>  of the knee describes bowed legs, but in the original latin,<unk>  meant "knock-kneed." Similarly, while a valgus deformity of the knee would currently describe knocked knees, the original latin meaning was "bow-legged" * Application of these words in adjectival form to other portions of the body by the medical community has resulted in their definitions changing so that they now refer to the angle of the distal segment (i.e. valgus impaction in a Garden I femoral neck fracture). * It is correct for a knock-kneed deformity to be called both a<unk>  at the hip (coxa vara) and a valgus deformity at the knee (genu valgum); although the common terminology is to simply refer to it as a valgus knee. When the terminology refers to a bone rather than a joint, the distal segment of the bone is being described. Thus, a<unk>  of the tibia (i.e. a mid-shaft tibial fracture with<unk>  refers to the distal segment in a<unk>  alignment compared to the proximal segment.
Varus deformity
Valgus deformity
Habit-tic deformity
Planovalgus deformity
Gibbus deformity
Swan neck deformity
Tennis injuries
Sprained ankle