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Case Report

An Important Cause of Pes Planus: The Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction

by
Kemal Erol
1,
Ali Yavuz Karahan
2,*,
Ülkü Kerimoğlu
3,
Banu Ordahan
2,
Levent Tekin
2,
Muhammed Şahin
4 and
Ercan Kaydok
5
1
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, State Hospital, Nevsehir, Turkey
2
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Beyhekim State Hospital, Konya, Turkey
3
Radiology Department, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
4
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
5
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, State Hospital, Nigde, Turkey
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2015, 5(1), 699; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.699
Submission received: 21 August 2014 / Revised: 18 October 2014 / Accepted: 12 November 2014 / Published: 5 February 2015

Abstract

Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD) is an important cause of acquired pes planus that frequently observed in adults. Factors that play a role in the development of PTTD such as age-related tendon degeneration, inflammatory arthritis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, peritendinous injections and more rarely acute traumatic rupture of the tendon. PTT is the primary dynamic stabilizer of medial arch of the foot. Plantar flexion and inversion of the foot occurs with contraction of tibialis posterior tendon, and arch of the foot becomes elaveted while midtarsal joints are locked and midfoot-hindfoot sets as rigid. Thus, during the walk gastrocnemius muscle works more efficiently. If the PTT does not work in the order, other foot ligaments and joint capsule would be increasingly weak and than pes planus occurs. We present a 10-yearold female patient diagnosed as PTTD and conservative treatment with review of the current literature.
Keywords: posterior tibial tendon; dysfunction; pes planus; treatment; child posterior tibial tendon; dysfunction; pes planus; treatment; child

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Erol, K.; Karahan, A.Y.; Kerimoğlu, Ü.; Ordahan, B.; Tekin, L.; Şahin, M.; Kaydok, E. An Important Cause of Pes Planus: The Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. Clin. Pract. 2015, 5, 699. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.699

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Erol K, Karahan AY, Kerimoğlu Ü, Ordahan B, Tekin L, Şahin M, Kaydok E. An Important Cause of Pes Planus: The Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. Clinics and Practice. 2015; 5(1):699. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.699

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Erol, Kemal, Ali Yavuz Karahan, Ülkü Kerimoğlu, Banu Ordahan, Levent Tekin, Muhammed Şahin, and Ercan Kaydok. 2015. "An Important Cause of Pes Planus: The Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction" Clinics and Practice 5, no. 1: 699. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.699

APA Style

Erol, K., Karahan, A. Y., Kerimoğlu, Ü., Ordahan, B., Tekin, L., Şahin, M., & Kaydok, E. (2015). An Important Cause of Pes Planus: The Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction. Clinics and Practice, 5(1), 699. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2015.699

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