dorsiflexion

Electric stimulation and strengthening exercise was applied to ankle evertor muscles and ankle and toe dorsiflexor muscles.

Chou, "Ankle dorsiflexor strength relates to the ability to restore balance during a backward support surface translation," Gait & Posture, vol.

In 2 of the 3 subjects, the ankle dorsiflexor strength and walking speed also improved; in the third subject, disease progression near the end of the study may have prevented walking speed improvement despite significant increases in MEP, MVC, and locomotor EMG modulation.

Her motor strength was normal throughout her upper and lower extremities, except for weakness in the left ankle and toe dorsiflexors. Distal pulses and sensations were intact in all extremities.

On the Medical Research Council scale, she has 4/5 strength in the hamstrings, 0/5 in the ankle dorsiflexors, 1/5 in the posterior tibialis, and 3/5 in the gastrocnemius.

The patient demonstrated additional bilateral improvements in the motor function of hip flexors and knee extensors and for the first time bilateral contractions of the ankle dorsiflexors and ankle plantar flexors.

Effect of orthotics on postural sway after fatigue of the plantar flexors and dorsiflexors. J Athl Training 2000; 35 (1): 26-30.

The six-exercise PRT routine targeted muscle groups in the lower extremities: hip flexors, extensors, and abductors; knee flexors and extensors; ankle dorsiflexors; and plantar flexors.

Hip flexors were graded as 2/5, hamstrings 4/5 and ankle dorsiflexors 1/5.

(2) Unlike polymyositis and dermatomyositis, IBM tends to be associated with insidious onset of muscle weakness, most notably involving the quadriceps, finger flexors, and ankle dorsiflexors. (3) While most cases of IBM include weakness that is usually symmetric and in the proximal muscles, there is an important subgroup of patients that have predominantly asymmetric or distal involvement at various locations, and this proportion is greater than in polymyositis.

The lack of ankle dorsiflexors may influence tripping and fall-risk not only during level walking but also during inclined walking.

Dorsch S, Ada L, Canning CG, Al-Zharani M, Dean C (2012) The strength of the ankle dorsiflexors has a significant contribution to walking speed in people who can walk independently after stroke: an observational study.

Ankle dorsiflexors were not testable owing to tightness in tendo achilles.

In this condition, the plantar- and dorsiflexors are completely relaxed [17] such that we can test the isolated performance of a given FES control system.