The Foot
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , March 2010

Radiographic measurements of hallux angles: A review of current techniques

  • Subodh Srivastava

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom
    • Orthopaedics & Trauma Department, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Stafford ST16 3SA, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Westview, Newcastle Road, Loggerheads, Shropshire TF9 4PH, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 7825179339.
    • ,
  • N. Chockalingam

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Tarek El Fakhri

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedics & Trauma Department, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Stafford ST16 3SA, United Kingdom

Received 26 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 December 2009.

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PII: S0958-2592(09)00112-6

doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2009.12.002

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Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , March 2010

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