tibia valga

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tibia valga - an inward slant of the thigh

leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

disability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

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Tibia valga, or greenstick fracture of the medial part of the proximal tibial metaphysic cause genu valgum at the proximal tibia [39] whereas in ligamentus hyperlaxity, congenital longitudinal deficiency of the fibula, or rheumatoid arthritis of the knee, it is at the knee and in metabolic bone disease and bone dysplasia at the distal femur or in both femur and the tibia.

Iliotibial band contracture may cause tibia valga and its presence should be ruled out by an Ober test (41).