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Morphofunctional Study of Brachymetatarsia of the Fourth Metatarsal

Pedro V. Munuera Martínez Department of Podiatry, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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Guillermo Lafuente Sotillos Department of Podiatry, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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Gabriel Domínguez Maldonado Department of Podiatry, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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José Luis Salcini Macías Department of Podiatry, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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Luis Martínez Camuña Department of Podiatry, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

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Brachymetatarsia is abnormal anatomical shortness of the metatarsals. We describe a new diagnostic test that enables quantification of the shortening of the fourth metatarsal in brachymetatarsia. The metatarsodigital alterations most frequently related to this deformity are presented. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 94(4): 347–352, 2004)

Corresponding author: Pedro V. Munuera Martínez, DP, Escuela Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud (Podología), C/ Avicena, s/n 41009 Sevilla, Spain.
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