The Great Toe: Failed Turf Toe, Chronic Turf Toe, and Complicated Sesamoid Injuries

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-150

  McCormick, Jeremy J ^a   Anderson, Robert B ^a,b  

^a ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Great toe; Hallux; Hallux metatarsophalangeal joint; Injury; Sesamoids; Turf toe

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FOOT INJURY; HALLUX; HUMAN; INJURY; LIGAMENT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; SESAMOID BONE; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT INJURIES; HALLUX; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RUPTURE; SESAMOID BONES;

EID: 66349088191     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2009.01.001     Document Type: Review

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