tarsal coalition

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coalition

[co″ah-lĭ´shun]

the fusion of parts that are normally separate.

tarsal coalition the fibrous, cartilaginous, or bony fusion of two or more of the tarsal bones, often resulting in talipes planovalgus, although other deformities occur and some patients are asymptomatic; it may be congenital or acquired as a response to trauma, infection, or joint disease. Called also tarsal bar.

tarsal coalition

An abnormal union of 2 or more bones in the hindfoot and midfoot, which appears on imaging as the so-called “C sign”.

tarsal coalition

Orthopedics A block between 2 bones, which may be osseous–synostosis, cartilaginous–synchondrosis, or fibrous–syndesmosis; TCs are often congenital, and first identified in adolescence when the person is being examined for other reasons; TCs may also be acquired due to fractures, tumors, infections, arthritis. See Calcaneonavicular coalition, Lover's heel, Talocalcaneal coalition.

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Caption: Figure 1 Examples of the modified heel tip test in two patients with a tarsal coalition.

However, our purpose is simply to describe qualitatively the presentation, treatment, and outcome of seven consecutive dancers with tarsal coalitions in order to increase awareness of this rare condition.

Results of resection for middle facet tarsal coalitions in adults.

Presentation, treatment, and outcome of tarsal coalitions in dancers: a retrospective case series

Tarsal coalition is an often overlooked cause of pain in adolescents that present with foot pain.

The inheritance of tarsal coalition and its relationship to spastic flat foot.

Histopathological study of nonosseous tarsal coalition.

Effects of tarsal coalition resection on dynamic plantar pressures and electromyography of lower extremity muscles.

Walking and running pressure analysis before and after resection of tarsal coalition.

Talocalcaneal coalition in a 15 year old female basketball player

Tarsal coalitions in typical locations are generally felt to be a developmental anomaly.

We cannot be sure how many of these tarsal coalitions were actually the cause of their symptomatology and whether subtle fibrous and cartilaginous coalitions tended to be less symptomatic than osseous coalitions.

Although not called "true" tarsal coalitions, the "coalition-like" appearance was seen in an additional group of cases (7.

These anatomic changes associated with tarsal coalitions are presumably due to the altered biomechanics that a relatively or completely immobile articulation would place upon the midfoot and hindfoot.