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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lhoste-Trouilloud A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3558056 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The tibialis posterior tendon is the largest and anteriormost tendon in the medial ankle. It produces plantar flexion and supination of the ankle and stabilizes the plantar vault. Sonographic assessment of this tendon is done with high-frequency, linear-array transducers; an optimal examination requires transverse retromalleolar, longitudinal retromalleolar, and distal longitudinal scans, as well as dynamic studies. Disorders of the posterior tibial tendon include chronic tendinopathy with progr ...[more]