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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXII | Pages 67 - 67
1 May 2012
Loveday D Geary N
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Introduction

Medial column insufficiency in patients with painful acquired flatfoot can be difficult to appreciate. The reverse Coleman block test (as described and published by Mr E Wood in 2009) is used in this study to predict medial column instability.

Methods

Patients who underwent a procedure for medial column insufficiency with use of the reverse Coleman block test pre-operatively were investigated. Weight bearing radiographs were used to determine the joints in the medial column contributing to the deformity and also to estimate the angle which the first ray must be depressed to re-establish hindfoot neutrality. The reverse Coleman block test corrects a mobile valgus heel to a neutral position by placing a block, of appropriate height, under the first metatarsal head. With the heel in neutral and the relative forefoot supination compensated the foot returns to a neutral anatomic position. Gender, age, complications and radiological outcomes were investigated.