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M Myerson

Publications and source records attributed to M Myerson.

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PubMed1980

Sex role identity and attitudes toward sexuality.

This study examined the relationship between sex role identity and attitudes toward sexuality. The following hypotheses were tested and confirmed: males would have more positive attitudes toward sexuality than females, androgynous females would have more positive attitudes toward sexuality than feminine females, and androgynous males would have more positive attitudes toward sexuality than masculine males. The data suggest that androgynous individuals have more positive attitudes toward sexuality than individuals who are traditionally sex typed. Implications for these data are that people who have adopted an alternative sex role identity are better adjusted to or more comfortable with their sexuality.

Adult↗
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Tarsometatarsal joint injuries in the athlete.

This is a retrospective review of the presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of 19 patients who injured the tarsometatarsal joint of the foot during athletic activity. Diagnosis by clinical and radiographic examination was supplemented by stress fluoroscopy of the articulation under anesthesia. Injuries were classified as either a first- or second-degree sprain of the tarsometatarsal joint, a third-degree sprain (with diastasis between the metatarsals or cuneiforms), a fracture, or frank dislocation. Poor functional results were seen in those for whom diagnosis was delayed and for whom the injury was not treated adequately. Three patients were unable to return to sports, one of whom eventually required fusion of the tarsometatarsal joint. The third-degree sprains were indistinguishable from fracture and fracture-dislocations in that good results were not reliably obtained by nonoperative treatment, and both classes of injury seem to require open reduction and internal fixation for optimal return to function. The delay in return to full activity is a marker of the severity of this injury despite an often benign appearance on radiograph.

Adolescent↗
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Metatarsocuneiform arthrodesis for management of hallux valgus and metatarsus primus varus.

Sixty-seven closing wedge arthrodesis procedures of the first metatarsocuneiform joint were performed in 41 females and 12 males. Follow-up averaged 28 months (range 16-49 months) and was performed in 51 of 53 patients with a questionnaire, clinical examination, and comparison of pre- and postoperative weightbearing radiographs. The average hallux valgus angle was 34.5 degrees (range 20 degrees-75 degrees) and was corrected to 13.0 degrees (range-10 degrees-22 degrees) postoperatively. The average intermetatarsal angle was 14.3 degrees (range 9.5 degrees-34 degrees) and was corrected to an average of 5.8 degrees (range 0 degrees-12 degrees) postoperatively. Complications included seven superficial pin tract infections, three symptomatic dorsal bunions, one of which required repeat surgery, seven nonunions, one of which was symptomatic, one hallux varus, and three neuromas of the deep peroneal nerve. The range of motion of the hallux metatarsophalangeal joint was 85% of normal postoperatively. A total of 77% of the patients were totally relieved, 15% partially relieved, and 8% not relieved with respect to pain, comfort, appearance of the foot, and shoewear following surgery. The specific indications for performing this operation are discussed.

Adolescent↗