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Although often targeted for treatment with foot orthoses, the etiology of forefoot varus malalignment has been debated and may involve an unalterable bony torsion of the talus.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Forty-nine feet from 25 cadavers underwent bilateral measurement of forefoot alignment using adapted clinical methods, followed by dissection and measurement of bony talar torsion. The relationship between forefoot alignment and talar torsion was determined using the Pearson correlation coefficient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Mean \u00b1 SD forefoot alignment was \u22120.9\u00b0 \u00b1 9.8\u00b0 (valgus) and bony talar torsion was 32.8\u00b0 \u00b1 5.3\u00b0 valgus. There was no association between forefoot alignment and talar torsion (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.18; 95% confidence interval, \u22120.11 to 0.44;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .22).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings may have implications for the treatment of forefoot varus since they suggest that the source of forefoot varus malalignment may be found in an alterable soft-tissue deformity rather than in an unalterable bony torsion of the talus. 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