Acquired adult flat foot due to isolated plantar calcaneonavicular (spring) ligament insufficiency with a normal tibialis posterior tendon

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-95

  Tryfonidis, M ^a   Jackson, W ^a   Mansour, R ^a   Cooke, P H ^a   Teh, J ^a   Ostlere, S ^a   Sharp, R J ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult flat foot deformity; Isolated spring ligament insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FLEXOR DIGITORUM LONGUS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG MUSCLE; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PLANTAR CALCANEONAVICULAR LIGAMENT INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TENDON; TENDON LESION; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; VALGUS DEFORMITY; CASE REPORT; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOTBALL; LIGAMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TENDONS;

EID: 43049135818     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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