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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
in the normal foot, metatarsal heads bear one half of a person's body wt, when the foot is plantigrade;
- the first metatarsal normally bears half the wt of the forefoot;
- long 2nd metatarsal can contribute to pressure under metatarsal head;
- limitation of dorsiflexion (from heel cord contracture or ankle impingement can contribute to diffuse metatarsalgia
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