The hind toe is called the hallux, and corresponds to the thumb of the human hand, so that in grasping an object it can be made to meet any of the other toes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Bird Comrades] Reference

Q, hallux (first or "big" toe), called in ornithology the "hind" toe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

The Latin name for this is hallux valgus (hallux for big toe, valgus for bent outward).    From Wordnik.com.  [Beating the Bunion] Reference

I never thought I'd pin my life's happiness (at least for the next three weeks) on one man's hallux.    From Wordnik.com.  [the Bearcats ate the Retrievers] Reference

Species of the latter are specialized for life at high latitudes, and have short tails, a reduced hallux and inflated auditory bullae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Compared to other hornbills, ground hornbills have elongate tarsometatarsi, and they also have short toes, though strangely with the hallux being the longest of the four (note that this is rarely depicted accurately in artwork).    From Wordnik.com.  [Bucorvids: post-Cretaceous maniraptorans on the savannah] Reference

The hallux angle and the length of the feet were recorded.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Dontcha just hate it when the right ear has no idea what the left hallux is doing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torley Lives] Reference

The factor for double hallux in fowls, for instance, may coexist with single comb or rose comb.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hormones and Heredity] Reference

Treatment Treatment of hallux valgus nearly always starts with adapting the shoewear to fit the foot.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Tips to take care of your heels] Reference

Pointed shoes, such as high heels and cowboy boots, can contribute to the development of hallux valgus.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Tips to take care of your heels] Reference

There is a significant relationship between the hallux angle in children and footwear that is too short in length.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

In the early stages of hallux valgus, converting from a pointed toe shoe to a wider box toe shoe may arrest the progression of the deformity.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Tips to take care of your heels] Reference

One hundred and fifty community-dwelling men and women aged 18 years and over with hallux limitus (who satisfy inclusion and exclusion criteria) will be recruited.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Our feet, in contrast, have an adducted (non-opposable) hallux and shortened toes, which means we can't hold on to a branch or a banana with our feet like a chimpanzee can.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evolution News & Views] Reference

Wearing shoes of insufficient length during childhood has often been cited as leading to deformities of the foot, particularly to the development of hallux valgus disorders.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Fig. 56 -- Left foot of a Monitor Lizard (Varanus). f, fibula; m¹-m5, the five metatarsals, m ⊃ 1 being that of the hallux; t, tibia; 1, astragalo-calcaneum; 2, cuboides; 3, ecto-cuneiforme.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Frog] Reference

This article describes the design of a randomised placebo controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronan (Synvisc) to reduce pain and improve function in people with hallux limitus.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

This study aims to investigate whether this association can be statistically proven and if children who wear shoes of insufficient length actually do have a higher risk of a more pronounced lateral deviation of the hallux.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

We performed a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of the homeopathic preparation Traumeel S (R) in minimizing post-operative pain and analgesic consumption following surgical correction of hallux valgus.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

On dissection it is found, especially in hallux flexus, that the inferior portions of the collateral ligaments are contracted, and that the cartilage of that part of the head of the metatarsal which is exposed on the dorsum is converted into fibrous tissue; there may also be other changes characteristic of arthritis deformans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

The secondary outcome measures will be pain at the first MPJ (during walking and at rest), stiffness at the first MPJ, passive non-weightbearing dorsiflexion of the first MPJ, plantar flexion strength of the toe-flexors of the hallux, global satisfaction with the treatment, health-related quality of life (assessed using the Short-Form-36 version two questionnaire), magnitude of symptom change, use of pain-relieving medication and changes in dynamic plantar pressure distribution (maximum force and peak pressure) during walking.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

OTHER NAMES: hallux valgus, hallux varus.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference

(hallux limitus).    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

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