Diseases

Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction

A condition characterized by a broad range of progressive disorders ranging from TENOSYNOVITIS to tendon rupture with or without hindfoot collapse to a fixed, rigid, FLATFOOT deformity. Pathologic changes can involve associated tendons, ligaments, joint structures of the ANKLE, hindfoot, and midfoot. Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is the most common cause of acquired flatfoot deformity in adults.

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A condition characterized by a broad range of progressive disorders ranging from TENOSYNOVITIS to tendon rupture with or without hindfoot collapse to a fixed, rigid, FLATFOOT deformity. Pathologic changes can involve associated tendons, ligaments, joint structures of the ANKLE, hindfoot, and midfoot. Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is the most common cause of acquired flatfoot deformity in adults.

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4 entry terms
  • Tibial Tendon Dysfunction, Posterior
  • Tibialis Posterior Dysfunction
  • Dysfunction, Tibialis Posterior
  • Posterior Tibial Tendon Insufficiency

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Flatfoot (1991-2002)
  • Muscular Diseases (1989-2002)
  • Tendons (1989-2002)

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  1. C05w.360w.750w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D037081. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D037081
  2. Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_tibial_tendon_dysfunction
  3. Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2431472