Les imageries du pied et de la cheville

Morvan, G.; Busson, J.; Wybier, M; Mathieu, Philippe; Vuillemin-Bodaghi, V.

doi:10.1016/s0762-915x(04)97380-9

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“…We have observed, in two cases, that the anterior calcaneal tuberosity on dry bone presents, between the talar and cuboid surfaces, an edge which is either arthrosic (LM 82), or long and flat (LM 703). The nature of these incomplete coalescencesthe only ones which we have observed-may be supposed to be synchondral when there is a wide zone of contact with cortex evoking pseudarthrosis (Morvan et al, 1991). For LM 82 the right talocalcaneal ankylosis is the only consequence of evolved subtalar osteoarthrosis, whilst the calcaneonavicular lesion may be identified as incomplete coalescence which is already arthrosic.…”

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Flatfoot: the palaeopathological diagnosis

Darton

2006

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Bipedal human motion is related to the original shape of the foot. Distortion and degenerative changes may be caused by failure in the complex chain of movements. There are few references to valgus flatfoot in either the palaeopathological or medical literature. The study of three French medieval series (Macon, Larina and Cutry) in the osteological collections of the CEPAM (UMR 6130 -CNRS/UNSA) at Valbonne (France) enabled us to define several significant osseous signs which provide evidence of abnormal biomechanical constraints following structural change in the foot. The consequences of the change of axis of the talar pulley, abnormal osseous contacts, and evolutionary modifications noticed in some synostoses of the tarsus, are particularly useful for study. Analysis of the location of arthritic change in the joint may produce an additional coherent argument to the diagnosis. The recognition of flatfootedness in an archaeological context provides a marker of health and of distress, which is all the more interesting since bones required for this diagnosis are often present and relatively well preserved in the excavations of burials.

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confidence: 66%