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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Sarah Ward & Katie L Wilson

Six-year-old girl is first child in the world to walk without quadriceps muscles in legs

A six-year-old girl is believed to be the first child in the world to walk despite being born with no quadriceps muscles in her legs.

Arabella Green spent nearly three months in hospital in Poland having had an op which she could not have had on the NHS.

The brave schoolgirl was born with arthrogryposis, a rare condition which means her joints fused in position so she can't bend her limbs or fingers.

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