Abstract

Doc number: 48

Abstract

Background: A new radiographic view was proposed to evaluate the coronal plane alignment of the hindfoot under weightbearing conditions.

Methods: We studied 46 feet of individuals with normal appearing asymptomatic feet. On the antero-posterior roentgenogram using this new method, the line from the top of the sustentaculum tali to the lateral-inferior end of the posterior articular surface of the talus was obtained as the standard line showing varus or valgus of the calcaneus. We defined the angle between the longitudinal axis of the tibia and the standard line as described above as Varus-Valgus angle (V-V angle).

Results: The mean (±SD) V-V angle of the 46 feet studied was 76.4 (±3.6) degrees.

Conclusion: The findings from this study indicate that it is possible to estimate the alignment of the hindfoot quantitatively by comparing individuals to the mean V-V angle that we calculated in our sample, which was 76.4 degrees.

Details

Title
A new radiographic view of the hindfoot
Author
Ikoma, Kazuya; Noguchi, Masahiko; Nagasawa, Koji; Maki, Masahiro; Kido, Masamitsu; Hara, Yusuke; Kubo, Toshikazu
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1757-1146
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-6-48
ProQuest document ID
1469092640
Copyright
© 2013 Ikoma et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.