A mallet toe is a deformity of the distal interphalangeal joint in the foot, which has abnormal flexion that is either fixed or flexible. It may also be accompanied by symptoms of pain or callosity.

A hammer toe is a deformity that causes your toe to bend or curl downward instead of pointing forward. This deformity can affect any toe on your foot. It most often affects the second or third toe.

A hammer toe is a potentially painful deformity of the second, third, or fourth toes, where the toe bends upward at the joint, resembling a hammer. Surgery may help to fix a hammer toe.

If one or more of your toes are crooked or curled under, you may have hammer, mallet, or claw toe. Your foot has a strange shape because the muscles, tendons, or ligaments that surround your toe ...

Some people may be more likely to develop hammer toe due to genetics. An older 2013 study examined the incidence of toe deformities, including hammer toe, among 2,446 white European participants ...

Hammer,' 'Claw,' 'Mallet' deformities cause toes to curl – sometimes rigidly. They can make walking more difficult, cause toe-tip and toe-top friction and painful corns. "Soft, chamois-covered ...

Family members often spot the congenital deformity of an overlapping ... Other foot conditions may cause overlapping toes. For example, hammertoe or mallet toe, where your toe bends downward ...

Hammer toe deformity is one where the proximal toe joint is permanently bent. It can occur on the second, third or fourth toes and is due to an imbalance in the muscles, tendons and ligaments that ...