Effect of plantar fascia-specific stretching and Achilles tendon stretching on shear wave elasticity of the plantar fascia in healthy subjects.

Background: The effect of stretching on the mechanical properties of the plantar fascia (PF) remain unclear. This study was performed to determine the effect of PF-specific stretching (PFSS) and Achilles tendon stretching (ATS) on the viscoelastic properties of the PF with shear wave elastography (SWE).

Methods: We recruited 14 participants (8 men, 6 women) with no history of PF disorders or painful episodes.

Ankle bone morphology affects the size of non-trauma related osteochondral lesions of the talus in skeletally immature children.

Background: This study aimed to elucidate the relationship between ankle morphology and the size of non-trauma related osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLT), because approximately half the OLT found in children is of unknown origin.

Methods: 34 ankles in 30 skeletally immature children with OLTs who underwent preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were evaluated. Parameters measured included area of the OLT, tibial axis-medial malleolus angle (TMM), malleolar width (MalW), and talar surface angle (TSA; defined as the angle between the line perpendicular to the mid-diaphysis of the tibia and the talar joint surface; medial inclination, positive).

Straight Form of Calcaneofibular Ligament as a Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sign in Diagnosis of Calcaneofibular Ligament and Anterior Talofibular Ligament Inferior Fascicle Injury.

The present study was performed to investigate the morphological characteristics of the calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) and evaluate its relationship to the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) in patients with lateral ankle ligament injury using 3-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (3D-MRI). This retrospective study involved 35 patients with lateral ankle ligament injury and 24 patients without a history of ankle trauma and a bone abnormality as controls. Reconstructed 3D-MRI was used to classify the form of the CFL as curved, wavy, or straight.

Reliability of various diastasis measurement methods on weightbearing radiographs in patients with subtle Lisfranc injuries.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the diastasis measurements between the medial cuneiform and the second metatarsal on weightbearing radiography.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively examined 18 patients who underwent open surgery for subtle Lisfranc injuries. Preoperative weightbearing radiography of the affected and unaffected feet was evaluated in all patients.

Risk factors for recurrence of hallux valgus deformity after minimally invasive distal linear metatarsal osteotomy.

Background: Recurrence of hallux valgus deformity is a complication following surgical treatment of hallux valgus. This study was performed to identify risk factors for recurrence of hallux valgus deformity after minimally invasive distal linear metatarsal osteotomy (DLMO).

Methods: Sixty-seven patients (100 feet) with mild to severe hallux valgus who underwent DLMO from 2007 to 2018 were retrospectively investigated.

Retrograde Drilling for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus in Skeletally Immature Children.

Background: Osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLTs) involve damage to the cartilage and subchondral bone and are infrequent in children. Clinicians usually attempt nonsurgical treatment of OLTs first, and subsequently progress to surgical treatments, including retrograde drilling (RD), if the initial outcomes are insufficient. Good clinical outcomes of RD have been reported.

Neurectomy for Bilateral Morton's Neuroma A Case Report of a Male Patient.

Morton's neuroma is a common condition that mainly affects middle-aged women, and many articles have addressed the surgical treatment of this condition. Previous reports have described bilateral neuroma excision in women but not in men. We report a rare case of bilateral neuromas in a male patient treated with simultaneous neurectomy.

Fibroma of tendon sheath with 11q rearrangements.

Fibroma of tendon sheath is an uncommon, benign fibroblastic tumor that usually occurs in the upper extremities of young and middle-aged adults. A clonal chromosomal aberration, t(2;11)(q31-32;q12), has been described in one case. We herein present a unique cytogenetic finding of fibroma of tendon sheath arising in the first web space of the right hand of a 38-year-old woman.