Elijah Auch, Nacime Salomao Barbachan Mansur, Thiago Alexandre Alves, Christopher Cychosz, Francois Lintz, Alexandre Leme Godoy-Santos, Daniel Soares Baumfeld, Cesar de Cesar Netto
BACKGROUND: Lateral overload in progressive collapsing foot deformity (PCFD) takes place as hindfoot valgus, peritalar subluxation, and valgus instability of the ankle increase. Fibular strain due to chronic lateral impingement may lead to distraction forces over the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis (DTFS). This study aimed to assess and correlate the severity of the foot and ankle offset (FAO) as a marker of progressive PCFD with the amount of DTFS widening and to compare it to controls...
January 29, 2021: Foot & Ankle International