Hammer Toe Surgery Explained Podiatry Claw Toe Mallet Toe

Surgery of the Foot and Ankle: Popular Running Shoes: Project Lead: Nicholas Giovinco Contributing Authors: Kristen Diehl Doug Doxey Resource Consultant: Kelly Powers Producer: Nicholas Giovinco A "Hammer-Toe" deformity, describes a pathological condition of abnormal or exaggerated contracture at the metatarsal-phalangeal and inter-phalangeal joints of the toes. This is mainly due to an imbalance between the muscular flexors and extensors as well as intrinsic interossei and lumbrical muscles within the forefoot. A hammer toe deformity may present as one of three morphological variations. A true hammer-toe deformity will exhibit dorsiflexion at the metatarsal-phalangeal joint and plantar flexion at the proximal interphalangeal joint. Whereas a mallet toe solely results from a plantarflexory con