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Patients 5th metatarsal 2cm longer than the other

Discussion in 'Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses' started by timharmey, Sep 23, 2011.

  1. timharmey

    timharmey Active Member


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    I was looking at a patient and thought ,Blimey they have a long 5th Met , out came the tape measure and I found the "long " one was 9cm and the "short" one was 7cm .Before i start measuring every patients 5th met ,is this unusual?
    Tim
     
  2. tompayne

    tompayne Member

    Was it a very unusual met parabola? Were the two feet of significantly different size generally? Tom
     
  3. timharmey

    timharmey Active Member

    It wasnt and the one with the long met was a slightly smaler foot .I just wonder if I should keep an eye out for this , it is not something I compare routinely
     
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