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| Hallux rigidus | |
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| Other names | Stiff big toe |
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| Hallux not labeled but visible at upper left. | |
| Specialty | Rheumatology, Podiatry |
Hallux rigidus or stiff big toe is degenerative arthritis and stiffness due to bone spurs that affects the metatarsophalangeal joints (MTP) at the base of the hallux (big toe).
Hallux flexus was initially described by Davies-Colley[1] in 1887 as a plantar flexed posture of phalanx relative to the metatarsal head. About the same time, Cotterill first used the term hallux rigidus.
- ^ Davies-Colley, MR (1887). "Contraction of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the great toe". British Medical Journal. 1 (728).