Calcaneus is the largest tarsal bone to withstand daily stresses of weight-bearing. The calcaneal fracture most common type in fractures. After a suspected, plain radiographs should be taken first. Bohler's Angle (BA) and Critical Gissane (CAG), measured by four anatomic landmarks lateral foot radiograph, can guide diagnosis facilitate operative recovery fractured calcaneus. This study aims dev...

Background: To analyze the epidemiology and features of calcaneus osteomyelitis following open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) after closed fracture.

It is common to see children who walk on their toes, and many different diseases are found to be the cause of this. During the past eight years we have recognised that some children, who appear to be otherwise normal, have a contracture of the calf muscles. We have not read of this condition in the literature and we call it congenital short tendo calcaneus. Between 1958 and 1964 twenty patients...

introduction criteria for starting weight-bearing on the heel with a symptomatic calcaneal insufficiency fracture have not yet been reported. case presentation we describe a rare case of a 52-year-old woman with a calcaneal insufficiency fracture who sustained a second ipsilateral calcaneal insufficiency fracture within a short time span. the initial fracture was not evident radiographically, b...

Enthesopathy at the superior or inferior surface of a calcaneus may be seen in normal individuals having degenerative osteoarthrosis. This condition is also known to occur in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, trauma, as well as inflammatory and metabolic diseases. Enthesopathy may sometimes be the first manifestation of a variety of rheumatic diseases. In thi...

Studies investigating walking gait have traditionally either modeled the foot as a single rigid segment, or as a rearfoot segment. While these studies have improved the understanding of foot function during gait, they assume the joints distal to the calcaneus do not contribute significantly to foot function. Recent, in-vitro [1] and invasive in-vivo [2] studies, however, suggest that significan...

Background Measurement accuracy of joint kinematics is influenced by how closely the trajectories of surface markers represent the motion of underlying bones [1]. For the Oxford Foot Model (OFM) hindfoot segment, the heel (HEE), lateral calcaneus (LCA) and sustentaculum tali (STL) markers are used to track the movement of the calcaneus [2]. This paper investigates the how changes in marker plac...

The authors report a case of congenital clubfoot in a one-year-old male child, in which an accessory soleus muscle was noted intraoperatively, running anteromedially to the Achilles tendon and with a distinct insertion on the postero-medial aspect of the calcaneus. Correction of the varus and equinus of the hindfoot could only be achieved after cutting the tendon of the accessory soleus muscle ...

Congenital talipes equino varus (CTEV) is a three dimensional deformity and is one of the most common congenital abnormalities affecting the lower limb and can be challenging to manage. Hind-foot deformity is considered the most difficult to treat. Unfortunately, the calcaneus is often small and thus difficult to control during casting after surgical release in severe or relapsed cases. We used...

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the use of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) in the young (20-25years) Saudi females to obtain stiffness index values related to bone quality. Method & Findings: In 101 young females recruited, QUS measurements were performed in the calcaneus region. 33% and 3% had osteopenia and osteoporosis in the calcaneus respectively, stiffness index values =...