Disability of the hindfoot after fracture of the tibial shaft
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- McMaster, M
- Source
- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume; February 1976, Vol. 58 Issue: 1 p90-93, 4p
- Subject
- Language
- ISSN
- 0301620X
Hindfoot (subtalar) movement and disability after fracture of the tibial shaft have been studied. One hundred patients with soundly healed fractures of the tibial shaft treated by immobilisation in a long leg plaster cast were examined at least one year after the fracture had healed. Subtalar movement was accurately measured by a special technique and the patients were questioned specifically about any disability associated with their hindfoot. Subtalar movement was limited to some degree in 72% of patients. Forty-three per cent of patients complained of symptoms related to their subtalar joint and 12% found these symptoms troublesome.