Hansen S T
Department of Orthopedics, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 1996 Jul;13(3):347-54.
More than 60 years ago an anatomist, Dudley Morton, and an orthopaedic surgeon, Paul Lapidus, independently published similar theories that implicated excessive mobility of the first metatarsal in forefoot dysfunction. Morton first studied in detail the evolution of the foot leading to bipedal gait and then examined the feet of many of his students in an attempt to correlate his tentative assumptions with the presence of or lack of symptoms. Morton's analysis of forefoot dysfunction provides the foundation of modern surgical procedures that restore normal forefoot balance and function to asymptotic feet.
60多年前，解剖学家达德利·莫顿和骨科医生保罗·拉皮德斯各自独立发表了相似的理论，认为第一跖骨过度活动与前足功能障碍有关。莫顿首先详细研究了导致双足步态的足部进化过程，然后检查了许多学生的足部，试图将他的初步假设与症状的有无联系起来。莫顿对前足功能障碍的分析为现代外科手术奠定了基础，这些手术旨在恢复无症状足部的正常前足平衡和功能。
