People with the rare genetic disease fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva characteristically have a short hallux which appears to turn inward, or medially, in relation to the foot.
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It also had an unusually large first toe, or hallux, which was low on the foot and may have been reversed, allowing some grasping ability.
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Nevertheless, the species does not seem to naturally perch in trees because unlike its sympatric heterospecifics such as the jabiru, it cannot stand on its hallux.
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The hallux metatarsal shows increased base for more internal support, and more distal articular surface which causes more connection and support to the other bones in the foot.
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"' Hallux flexus "'was initially described by Davies-Colley in 1887 as a plantar flexed posture of phalanx relative to the metatarsal head.
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For example, a person with a hallux rigidus ( stiff big toe ) may use a rocker bottom shoe to replace the flexion lost at the metatarsal joint.
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Woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks all possess feet consisting of four toes, the first ( hallux ) and the fourth facing backward and the second and third facing forward.
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In people with Pfeiffer syndrome, the thumbs and first ( big ) toes are wide and bend away from the other digits ( pollex varus and hallux varus ).
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Suppression of pollex and hallux bones and shortening of other digits have led this family to have only 4 toes on both the hindlimbs and forelimbs ( symmetrical toes ).
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It is also one method of diagnosing functional hallux limitus . recent investigations into its reliability have questioned its ability to predict range of motion at the 1st MTP during Gait
