Two related conditions are mallet toe and claw toe. Mallet toe happens when the distal interphalangeal joint, not the middle joint, bends downward. In claw toe, the metatarsophalangeal joint is in ...

A hammer toe causes the toe to bend at the first joint, which is called the proximal interphalangeal joint. The problem usually begins with a muscle imbalance. When a muscle gets too weak ...

The three toe joints where dislocation can occur are: distal interphalangeal (DIP), or outer joint proximal interphalangeal (PIP), or middle joint (not present in big toe) metatarsophalangeal (MTP ...

"It is a common understanding that the fifth toe has three bones with two interphalangeal joints," the team wrote in their study. "However, our experience shows that a significant number have only ...

We ask because it deserves your attention. A quick anatomy lesson: Your big toe, a.k.a. the hallux, consists of two joints—the interphalangeal joint (which is up by your nail), and the ...

Gout can cause intense pain and swelling in the big toe. And the ... short name for distal interphalangeal predominant PsA. This type of psoriatic arthritis affects the joints closest to the ...

Decreased plantar flexion strength of the involved toe is a common finding with ... deformity that may develop at the proximal interphalangeal joint concurrently with a plantar plate tear.

A 19-year-old female taekwondo athlete presented with pain and instability of the hallux interphalangeal joint in her left foot. The symptom occurred after spraining the big toe several times when she ...

Published results showed proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis had no clinical differences when compared with joint resection arthroplasty for correction of lesser toe deformities.