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Metatarsalgia Wheeless

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Description: Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
in the normal foot, metatarsal heads bear one half of a person's body wt, when the foot is plantigrade;
- the first metatarsal normally bears half the wt of the forefoot;
- long 2nd metatarsal can contribute to pressure under metatarsal head;
- limitation of dorsiflexion (from heel cord contracture or ankle impingement can contribute to diffuse metatarsalgia

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Tue Oct 23 2007