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WEIGHT BEARING JOINTS [1 record]

Record 1 1990-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

... a congenital type of flatfoot with a marked hereditary tendency displaying extreme mobility of the tarsal and the subtalar joints, a deformity that disappears when the feet are freed of weight bearing and a short tendo calcaneus, which limits dorsiflexion at the ankle joint.

Key term(s)
  • hypermobile flat foot
  • flexible flatfoot
  • supple flatfoot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Type de pied plat valgus à caractère héréditaire résultant en règle générale d'une hypotonie souvent congénitale doublée fréquemment d'une surcharge pondérale. Le sujet est dans l'impossibilité de maintenir la cambrure de son pied en position debout, cambrure qui existe normalement en position "de décharge".

OBS

Définition d'après EMAPP 15730 F10, 1974, p. 8.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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