Neale's Common Foot Disorders: Diagnosis and ManagementThis text is designed as a reference for students and professionals within podiatry and chiropody. Suitable for undergraduates, the book aims to help them pass exams and provides them with an overview of the scope of podiatry practice - the pathology and presenting features of the common conditions encountered, their diagnosis and management, and related therapeutics. The structure of the book makes it suitable for use both as a reference book and as a revision text. |
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Page 76
... ligamentous laxity , the looseness of the ligaments can cause the foot to roll into excessive pronation , and the tightness of the tri- ceps surae group perpetuates this situation . Other effects of ligamentous laxity are to exaggerate ...
... ligamentous laxity , the looseness of the ligaments can cause the foot to roll into excessive pronation , and the tightness of the tri- ceps surae group perpetuates this situation . Other effects of ligamentous laxity are to exaggerate ...
Page 82
... ligaments are in contracture , and there is more likely to be a varus deformity of the heel with contracted ligaments where there is supination of the subtalar joint . With a varus heel , there is more likelihood of pos- tural ...
... ligaments are in contracture , and there is more likely to be a varus deformity of the heel with contracted ligaments where there is supination of the subtalar joint . With a varus heel , there is more likelihood of pos- tural ...
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... ligaments are thicker and stronger . The lateral ankle ligaments are the calcaneofibular , the posterior talofibular and the anterior talofibular ; in 20 % of the population the anterior talofibular ligament is missing , which leads to ...
... ligaments are thicker and stronger . The lateral ankle ligaments are the calcaneofibular , the posterior talofibular and the anterior talofibular ; in 20 % of the population the anterior talofibular ligament is missing , which leads to ...
Contents
Examination and assessment | 15 |
Radiological assessment for podiatrists | 33 |
The growing foot | 53 |
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