Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , June 2009

The importance of the length of the first metatarsal and the proximal phalanx of hallux in the etiopathogeny of the hallux rigidus

  • Alberto Calvo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Hospital Comarcal Mora de Ebro, Benet Messenguer s.n., Mora de Ebro, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 669041221.
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  • Ramón Viladot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Clínica Tres Torres, Barcelona, Spain
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  • Josep Giné

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Spain
    • ,
  • Fernando Alvarez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, Hospital San Rafael, Barcelona, Spain

Received 26 November 2007 ,Revised 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2008.08.001

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 69-74 , June 2009

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