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A Morton foot | A Morton’s toe,or Morton's foot, Greek foot, "Royal toe", is characterized by a longer second toe.This is because the first metatarsal, behind the big toe, is short compared to the second metatarsal, next to it. The longer second metatarsal puts the joint at the base of the second toe (the second metatarsal-phalangeal, or MTP, joint)<ref name="brage">Schimizzi, A; Brage, M (September 2004). "Brachymetatarsia". Foot Ankle Clin 9 (3): 555–70, ix. doi:10.1016/j.fcl.2004.05.002. PMID 15324790.</ref> | ||
it can predispose the patient to developing piriformis syndrome. The second metatarsal head destabilizes the foot during the push – off phase of the gait cycle. This results in foot pronation and internal rotation of the lower limb. Consequently the piriformis muscle, which is an external hip rotator, will contract repeatedly, during each push-off of the gait cycle. [<ref name="Shah">Shah S,Wang TW. Piriformis syndrome. eMedicine specialities :Sports medicine : hip 2009fckLRhttp://emedicine.medscape.com/article/87545-overview</ref>,<ref name="Klein">Klein MJ. Piriformis syndrome. eMedicine Specialities :Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation :Lower limb Musculoskeletal conditions 2010 fckLRhttp://emedicine.medscape.com/article/308798-overview</ref>]<br> | |||
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Definition
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A Morton’s toe,or Morton's foot, Greek foot, "Royal toe", is characterized by a longer second toe.This is because the first metatarsal, behind the big toe, is short compared to the second metatarsal, next to it. The longer second metatarsal puts the joint at the base of the second toe (the second metatarsal-phalangeal, or MTP, joint)[1]
it can predispose the patient to developing piriformis syndrome. The second metatarsal head destabilizes the foot during the push – off phase of the gait cycle. This results in foot pronation and internal rotation of the lower limb. Consequently the piriformis muscle, which is an external hip rotator, will contract repeatedly, during each push-off of the gait cycle. [[2],[3]]
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- ↑ Schimizzi, A; Brage, M (September 2004). "Brachymetatarsia". Foot Ankle Clin 9 (3): 555–70, ix. doi:10.1016/j.fcl.2004.05.002. PMID 15324790.
- ↑ Shah S,Wang TW. Piriformis syndrome. eMedicine specialities :Sports medicine : hip 2009fckLRhttp://emedicine.medscape.com/article/87545-overview
- ↑ Klein MJ. Piriformis syndrome. eMedicine Specialities :Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation :Lower limb Musculoskeletal conditions 2010 fckLRhttp://emedicine.medscape.com/article/308798-overview
