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  2. Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    Stage 1: Tendon is intact, but damaged. Stage 2: Tendon has ruptured. Foot begins to deform. Stage 3: The foot is significantly deformed. Cartilage begins to degenerate. Stage 4: Ankle joint begins to degenerate. [1] In early stages, patients will describe foot and ankle pain. Swelling will also be present.

  3. Tendinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Tendinopathy is a type of tendon disorder that results in pain, swelling, and impaired function. [2] The pain is typically worse with movement. [2] It most commonly occurs around the shoulder (rotator cuff tendinitis, biceps tendinitis), elbow (tennis elbow, golfer's elbow), wrist, hip, knee (jumper's knee, popliteus tendinopathy), or ankle (Achilles tendinitis).

  4. American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society - Wikipedia

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    [1] [7] In 1981, Melvin Jahss helped establish and became the first editor of the society's official peer-reviewed journal, [3] Foot & Ankle, which would eventually be renamed Foot & Ankle International. In 1983, the members of the AOFS voted unanimously to change the name of the organization to the "American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society".

  5. Plantar fasciitis - Wikipedia

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    Plantar fasciitis or plantar heel pain is a disorder of the plantar fascia, which is the connective tissue that supports the arch of the foot. [2] It results in pain in the heel and bottom of the foot that is usually most severe with the first steps of the day or following a period of rest.

  6. Sinus tarsi syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Sinus tarsi syndrome is the clinical disorder of pain and tenderness in the sinus tarsi, which is a lateral tunnel in the foot at the junction of the hindfoot and the midfoot, between the ankle and the heel. [1] [2] Most of the time, sinus tarsi syndrome onsets after ankle sprains, however there can be other causes. [3]

  7. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Wikipedia

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    The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is an orthopedic organization. Founded at Northwestern University in 1933, as of 2015 AAOS had grown to include about 39,000 members. [1] The group provides education and practice management services for orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals. It also lobbies and works on public ...

  8. Pes anserinus (leg) - Wikipedia

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    The three tendons, from front to back, that conjoin to form the pes anserinus come from the sartorius muscle, the gracilis muscle, and the semitendinosus muscle. [1] [2] It inserts onto the proximal anteromedial surface of the tibia. [2] The pes anserinus is around 5 cm below the medial tibial joint line. [2]

  9. Extensor digitorum brevis muscle - Wikipedia

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    The muscle originates from the forepart of the upper and lateral surface of the calcaneus (in front of the groove for the peroneus brevis tendon), from the interosseous talocalcaneal ligament and the stem of the inferior extensor retinaculum. The fibres pass obliquely forwards and medially across the dorsum of the foot and end in four tendons.