Foot drop correction: by active dorsiflexion or tenodesis effect? Commentary on an article by T. Dreher, MD, et al.: "Tibialis posterior tendon transfer corrects the foot drop component of cavovarus foot deformity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease"

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Michael S Aronow. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014.

. 2014 Mar 19;96(6):e50.

doi: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01513.

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Tibialis posterior tendon transfer corrects the foot drop component of cavovarus foot deformity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Dreher T, Wolf SI, Heitzmann D, Fremd C, Klotz MC, Wenz W. Dreher T, et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Mar 19;96(6):456-62. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01749. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014. PMID: 24647501

Tibialis posterior tendon transfer corrects the foot drop component of cavovarus foot deformity in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
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