Forty-seven patients (50 feet) underwent surgical intervention for symptomatic hallux rigidus from February 1998 to April 1999. Thirty-eight patients (41 feet) returned at 1 year for a follow-up evaluation. Of these 38 patients, 20 (21 feet) returned for the 15-year follow-up evaluation. Subjective evaluations were performed using the modified American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery hallux ...

Objective: Surgery for severe hallux rigidus includes interpositional arthroplasty and arthrodesis. Interpositional maintains joint mobility, while arthrodesis limits motion. The aim of this study was to compare changes in Visual Analog Scale American Orthopedic Foot Ankle Society scores between patients. Methods: A retrospective cohort 48 patients performed. There were 24 the group group. foll...

? The condition, as discussed in several papers by various surgeons, was known by the following symptoms:?(a.) Apparent flexion of the first phalanx of the toe on its metatarsal bone, (b.) Inability to dorsiflex the toe, more or less complete, (c.) Pain felt in efforts to dorsiflex the toe, as, for instance, in the act of standing on tiptoe. This pain is usually felt over dorsal aspect of joint...

Reduction in first metatarsophalangeal joint maximum degree of dorsiflexion with dorsiflexion of the first ray has been proposed to be the predominant cause of hallux abducto valgus and hallux rigidus. We sought to determine whether orthoses made from a cast with the first ray plantarflexed and a 4-mm medial skive could increase the maximum degree of dorsiflexion in patients with functional hal...