Short squat bones

Squatting is a versatile posture where the weight of the body is on the feet but the knees and hips are bent. In contrast, sitting involves taking the weight of the body, at least in part, on the buttocks against the ground or a horizontal object. [Source: Wikipedia ]

May Be Caused by

Common: Achondroplasia; Epiphyseal-metaphyseal injury; GM1 gangliosidosis; Hunter disease; Hurler syndrome; Maroteaux-Lamy disease; Mucolipidosis type 2; Mucopolysaccharidosis
Uncommon: Achondrogenesis; Asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia; Brachmann-de Lange syndrome; Campomelic dysplasia; Chondrodysplasia punctata rhizomelic type; Diastrophic dysplasia; Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia; Dyschondrosteosis; Ellis-van Creveld syndrome; Hyperphosphatasia; Hypochondroplasia; Hypophosphatasia; Hypothyroidism; Kniest dysplasia; Larsen syndrome; Madelung deformity; Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Jansen type; Metatropic dysplasia; Osteogenesis imperfecta type 2; Phocomelia; Pseudoachondroplasia; Short rib-polydactyly syndrome type 1; Short rib-polydactyly syndrome type 2; Thanatophoric dysplasia; Turner syndrome; Vitamin D-deficient rickets type B; Weissenbacher-Zweymüller phenotype