| Long-term reliability, however, is questioned because ankle fusion has been associated with premature arthritis, pain, and dysfunction of the adjacent hindfoot joints. |
| They suggest that children with flat-feet tend to walk with a reduced compliance in the loading response phase due to the impaired function of the hindfoot. |
| Next, cut off the rabbit's front feet and the free hindfoot. |
| Epiphyseal equivalents include apophysis, patella, small bones of the wrist, and hindfoot and midfoot. |
| Most species have three digits on the hindfoot and three or four on the forefoot, but in some only a single digit, the third, remains. |
| Digits 1 and 2 on the forefeet are opposable to digits 3-5, and the hindfoot has a well-developed hallux. |
