Increased medial talar tilt may incite ankle pain and predispose ankle osteoarthritis after correction of severity of knee varus deformity among patients undergoing bilateral total knee arthroplasty: a prospective observation
Abstract Purpose Patients with varus knee osteoarthritis usually compensate at the ankle and typically walk with hindfoot valgus alignment. As the neutral weight-bearing axis of the lower limbs is restored with Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), ankle and hindfoot biomechanics also acutely change. This...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-01-01
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Series: | Knee Surgery & Related Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s43019-024-00212-x |