metatarsal


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metatarsal

[¦med·ə′tär·səl]
(anatomy)
Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.
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RESEARCH: Iain Spears is looking into the cause of metatarsal breaks in footballers; INJURED: David Beckham, above, and Wayne Rooney, top
Putting the boot in on foot injuries; Scientist hopes to find cause
There was also luxation of all the metatarsal-phalangic articulations, with subsequent projection of the heads of the metatarsals.
Surgical treatment of three cases of plantar foot ulceration in leprosy
Heskey becomes the latest England international to be struck down by a metatarsal injury after Michael Owen, Rooney, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard, Gary Neville and Joey Barton.
Football: Heskey will miss key England games
In many deformities there is a need to straighten the big toe as well as the position of the first metatarsal, and involves the removal of a small wedge of bone from the base of the big toe.
Bunions: their origin and treatment
Strikers win World Cups, but what I'd like to know is why we never seem to hear about Brazilians or Argentinians having trouble with their metatarsals.
Curse of the metatarsal!
In the lateral toes, an oblique osteotomy was performed at the metatarsal neck, starting proximally on the dorsum and proceeding distally and plantarward at an angle of 45 degrees.
Forefoot reconstruction preserves function in RA
Dissection demonstrated, in agreement with the usual description in the literature, that the belly of the fibularis brevis muscle originated on the lateral surface of the lower two-thirds of the fibula and its long flat tendon of insertion attached to the base of fifth metatarsal. The innervation was the usual for the fibularis brevis muscle, the superficial fibular nerve.
Bilateral Tripartite Insertion of the Fibularis (Peroneus) Brevis Muscle: a Case Report/Insercion Tripartita Bilateral del Musculo Fibular Corto: Reporte de Caso
Corrective surgery sometimes involves cutting and shifting the first metatarsal bone into alignment and fixating it with a pin, screw, or plate.
Bunion surgery
The Brazilian, who has a fractured metatarsal, will miss the Ligue 1 side's last 16 tie against Manchester United, although he could be fit for a potential quarter-final in April.
Neymar out for 10 weeks, misses Man United clash
The proposed doctoral project will investigate the influence of footwear, foot strike pattern and stride cadence on in vivo second metatarsal strain during running.
The influence of footwear and training interventions on metatarsal strain during running
MARCO SILVA has allayed fears Yerry Mina has aggravated an old metatarsal injury.
Silva plays down Mina injury
England's World Cup opponents Panama have lost their star winger to a broken metatarsal in their friendly loss to Norway and suffered a break-in at the team's hotel during the match.
England World Cup 2018 opponents Panama suffer triple blow after losing match and star man - before team hotel is broken into; Winger Alberto Quintero damaged his foot during a friendly against Norway before their hotel was burgled

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