Then, with palms facing upwards, dorsiflex the wrist again for 12 times.

Therefore, a simple test of asking the patient to dorsiflex may determine diagnosis of the problem.

A baby's smaller toes will fan out and their big toe will dorsiflex slowly.

One is to have the patient dorsiflex and plantarflex the foot sequentially five times vigorously.

It acts to dorsiflex and invert the foot.

Drop Foot is the inability to dorsiflex, evert, or invert the foot.

They act to dorsiflex these digits.

Next, with your arm still out straight and with palm facing downwards, dorsiflex at the wrist, and return to starting position.

Ankle (S1, S2) Dorsiflex the foot at the ankle.

It is helpful to support the ball of the foot at least somewhat to put some tension in the Achilles tendon, but don't completely dorsiflex the ankle.

Gemma was stepping using increasing hip circumduction at her right hip to compensate for her difficulties in toe clearance and inability to dorsiflex.

The foot is adducted and planter-flexed at the subtalar joint, and the goal is to abduct the foot and dorsiflex it.

Mephenoxalone (trade names Dorsiflex, Moderamin, Control-OM) is a muscle relaxant and mild anxiolytic.

Compensation involves pronation of the subtalar joint to unlock the midtarsal joint and allow the 1st ray to dorsiflex to the level of the lesser metatarsals.

The gastrocnemius and soleus modulate the tibialis anterior to dorsiflex the foot, and finally the intrinsic and extrinsic foot muscles are active.

Neurologic tibialis sign: for spastic paralysis of the lower limb; there is dorsiflex ion of the foot when the thigh is drawn toward the body; tibial phenomenon.

Drop foot SW: If the foot in motion happens to be the affected foot, there will be greater flexion at the knee to accommodate the inability to dorsiflex.

Dorsi- and plantar-flexion occur at the ankle joint - gastrocnemius and soleus in the posterior compartment plantarflex, and muscles in the anterior compartment of the leg dorsiflex.

Case in point: when the muscles which dorsiflex (flex the foot upward) are less functional than the muscles which plantarflex (flex the foot downward) a contracture occurs, giving the foot a progressively downward angle and loss of flexibility.

After an hour of walking with the device (a break was included), the subjects used their soleus and gastrocnemius muscles less, so they wouldn't be forced to dorsiflex as much, but they were not able to fully adapt to the requirements of the device.

The Extensor hallucis longus is a thin muscle, situated between the Tibialis anterior and the Extensor digitorum longus that functions to extend the big toe, dorsiflex the foot, and assists with foot eversion and inversion.