Os Trigonum Syndrome in a Classical Ballet Dancer

Os Trigonum Syndrome

The os trigonum.

In I 882 Shepherd reported three cases of fracture of the posterior process of the talus, which he had found while working in the dissecting room. In each case the fragment of hone consisted of the posterior part of the tubercle of the talus lateral to the groove for the tendon of the flexor hallucis longus, and had attached to it the posterior fasciculus of the lateral ligament of the ankle jo...

Intraosseous tophus deposits in the os trigonum.

High levels of uric acid cause accumulation of monosodium urate crystals. This formation of masses is called tophus. Intraosseous tophus deposits are rare, even for patients with gout. We report an unusual case of intraosseous tophus deposits in the os trigonum. The patient presented with ankle pain with no previous history of gout. On examination, tenderness on the posterior aspect of his ankl...

Fracture of the os trigonum: a case report.

The os trigonum is an inconsistently present accessory bone of the foot situated at the posterolateral aspect of the talus. It may be radiographically confused with fractures of the posterior process of the talus. Fracture of the os trigonum per se is extremely rare. Hyperplantarflexion of the ankle is the mechanism of injury in which the os trigonum is compressed between the posterior malleolu...

Developing a Virtual Ballet Dancer to Visualise Choreography

This paper describes the development of a virtual ballet dancer that is designed to help visualise choreography. Recreating dance not only involves how to achieve the steps but also the quality of the movement to express emotions. The aim is to create a visualisation system that could be used to understand the choreography with expressive movement when resurrecting ballet scores. Real-time comp...