title: Assessing the subtalar joint: the Brodén view revisited.
abstract: We prospectively evaluated subtalar inversion stress views (Brodén view) with inversion stress views on helical CT in a group of 10 patients with unilateral instability. The contralateral, asymptomatic ankle was used as control. All patients were examined with inversion stress views on plain stress radiography and helical CT. Subtalar tilt was demonstrated in all cases on conventional stress radiography. Helical CT didn't show tilting in any of the patients except in the subluxated posteromedial part of the subtalar joint. Our data do not support prior reports that the Brodén view is useful for screening patients with subtalar instability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands. sijbrane@sophia.nl
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Sijbrandij
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: van Gils
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van Hellemondt
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Louwerens
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: de Lange
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016512:Ankle Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013380:Subtalar Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*