Tsubasa Tashiro, Yasunari Ikuta, Noriaki Maeda, Satoshi Arima, Masanori Morikawa, Kazuki Kaneda, Honoka Ishihara, Shogo Tsutsumi, Miki Kawai, Andreas Brand, Tomoyuki Nakasa, Nobuo Adachi, Makoto Komiya, Yukio Urabe
PURPOSE: To quantify the vertical translation between the first metatarsal and medial cuneiform during the stance phase of gait in young individuals with and without hallux valgus. DESIGN: This cross-sectional observational study included 34 young adults (male, n = 4; female, n = 30) who were divided into three groups according to the hallux valgus angle: control (< 20°, n = 13), mild hallux valgus (≥ 20° to < 30°, n = 12), and moderate hallux valgus (≥ 30°, n = 9)...
March 28, 2024: Journal of Medical Ultrasonics