There was no pain with passive stretching of the great toe, but the patient endorsed pain with passive dorsiflexion of the ankle. The patient was neurovascularly intact distally, ...

Provocative testing engages the gastrocnemius muscle through active plantar flexion and passive dorsiflexion. A positive examination results in popliteal artery compression and manifests as diminished ...

A 44-year-old male Army service member presented to the emergency department with acute onset of right ankle pain and weakness during a game of kickball. He described inadvertently catching his ...

There is often no pain with passive dorsiflexion of the toes, which puts tension on the plantar fascia. ... Less than 10 degrees of dorsiflexion is consistent with Achilles tendon contracture.

Dorsiflexion range of motion describes how much the ankle joint is able to flex, Jessica Mena, D.P.T., C.S.C.S., a physical therapist in Los Angeles tells Runner’s World.

Introduction 2D strain imaging is a potentially important method for investigating strain distributions in the musculoskeletal system [Drakonaki, 2012]. Inducing tensile strain in the Achilles tendon ...

Ankle dorsiflexion may be limited secondary to pain, and pain may be elicited through passive dorsiflexion of the toes.