ASSESSMENT OF ASYMMETRIES IN THE LOWER EXTREMITY

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Biomechanical studies

I would like to stress the importance of the diagnosis and treatment of asymmetries in this issue. Many patients are wandering around with a raised insole of several millimeters or centimeters without having examined them thoroughly. From my point of view, it is more...

Ankle and Foot Orthosis

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Biomechanical studies, Orthopodiatric Orthopaedics

Ankle orthoses, also known as AFO (ankle foot orthosis), are devices (braces) frequently used in our day-to-day practice among patients who have severe dynamic anomalies. This kind of orthesis is like an external brace adapted to the lower extremity that modifies the...

HALLUX VARUS: THE OPPOSITE MORPHOLOGY OF THE HALLUX VALGUS

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Biomechanical studies, Pathology

The Hallux Varus is a deformity of the first radius which has a deviation of the great toe towards a medial or tibial direction. Visually, it is the antithesis of hallux valgus or bunion. We can see a supination of the great toe and a negative metatarsophalangeal...

Hallux extensus: first toe deformity in the sagittal plane

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Biomechanical studies, Pathology

The hallux extensus consists of the dorsiflexion or dorsal extension of the first radius. Its origin may be congenital or acquired and it is mainly caused by: a paralysis, involving brain-vascular accidents and neuromuscular diseases, among others; due to different...

Hallux flexus: causes, clinical history and treatment

Mar 7, 2014 | Articles, Biomechanical studies, Pathology

Hallux flexus is an anomaly of the big toe that causes an elevation of the head of the first metatarsal and a plantarflexion of the proximal phalanx. Structurally the metatarsophalangeal joint adopts a certain degree of dorsiflexion while the interphalangeal joint...

Application of neuromuscular bandages in the lower extremity

Mar 5, 2014 | Articles, Biomechanical studies, Orthopodiatric Orthopaedics

The neuromuscular bandage, also known as kynesiotape (among other names), was invented in the early 1970s by the Doctor Kenzo Kasai. The use of these bandages by top class sportsmen in the last years has had an effect on the media being used as a result of it by...