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Descriptor English: Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
Descriptor Spanish: Disfunción del Tendón Tibial Posterior
Descriptor disfunción del tendón tibial posterior
Entry term(s) disfunción del tibial posterior
disfunción tibial posterior
síndrome tibial posterior
Scope note: Afección caracterizada por un amplio rango de trastornos, desde la TENOSINOVITIS a la ruptura del tendón con o sin colapso de la parte posterior del pie que adquiere una deformación en PIE PLANO rígido. Los cambios patológicos pueden afectar a los tendones, ligamentos y estructuras articulares del TOBILLO asociadas y parte posterior y media del pie. La disfunción del tendón del tibial posterior es la causa más frecuente de deformidad en pie plano adquirida en el adulto.
Descriptor Portuguese: Disfunção do Tendão Tibial Posterior
Descriptor French: Tendinopathie du tibial postérieur
Entry term(s): Dysfunction, Tibialis Posterior
Posterior Tibial Tendon Insufficiency
Tibial Tendon Dysfunction, Posterior
Tibialis Posterior Dysfunction
Tree number(s): C05.360.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D037081
Scope note: A condition characterized by a broad range of progressive disorders ranging from TENOSYNOVITIS to tendon rupture with or without hindfoot collapse to a fixed, rigid, FLATFOOT deformity. Pathologic changes can involve associated tendons, ligaments, joint structures of the ANKLE, hindfoot, and midfoot. Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is the most common cause of acquired flatfoot deformity in adults.
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Previous Indexing: Flatfoot (1991-2002)
Muscular Diseases (1989-2002)
Tendons (1989-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Related: Flatfoot MeSH
DeCS ID: 37273
Unique ID: D037081
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction - Preferred
Concept UI M0411809
Scope note A condition characterized by a broad range of progressive disorders ranging from TENOSYNOVITIS to tendon rupture with or without hindfoot collapse to a fixed, rigid, FLATFOOT deformity. Pathologic changes can involve associated tendons, ligaments, joint structures of the ANKLE, hindfoot, and midfoot. Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is the most common cause of acquired flatfoot deformity in adults.
Preferred term Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
Entry term(s) Dysfunction, Tibialis Posterior
Tibial Tendon Dysfunction, Posterior
Tibialis Posterior Dysfunction
Posterior Tibial Tendon Insufficiency - Narrower
Concept UI M0494746
Preferred term Posterior Tibial Tendon Insufficiency



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