title: Disability of the hindfoot after fracture of the tibial shaft.
abstract: Hindfoot (subtalar) movement and disability after fracture of the tibial shaft have been studied. One hundred patients with soundly healed fractures of the tibial shaft treated by immobilisation in a long leg plaster cast were examined at least one year after the fracture had healed. Subtalar movement was accurately measured by a special technique and the patients were questioned specifically about any disability associated with their hindfoot. Subtalar movement was limited to some degree in 72% of patients. Forty-three per cent of patients complained of symptoms related to their subtalar joint and 12% found these symptoms troublesome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013628:Talus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*