THE PLANOVALGUS RHEUMATOID FOOT - IS TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDON-RUPTURE A FACTOR

Authors
MASTERSON E MULCAHY D MCELWAIN J MCINERNEY D
Citation
E. Masterson et al., THE PLANOVALGUS RHEUMATOID FOOT - IS TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDON-RUPTURE A FACTOR, British journal of rheumatology, 34(7), 1995, pp. 645-646
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
British journal of rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02637103
Volume
34
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
645 - 646
Database
ISI
SICI code
0263-7103(1995)34:7<645:TPRF-I>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess gross tibialis posterior tendo n (TPT) integrity in a series of patients with a planovalgus foot defo rmity secondary to rheumatoid arthritis. This was done by means of con trast tenography. Our findings of an intact tendon in all of the seven teen patients studied suggest that complete rupture of the TPT is not the primary aetiology in the planovalgus rheumatoid foot.