plantarflexion

Two studies showed small, but statistically significant differences in plantarflexion strength.

A positive response is marked by a brisk plantarflexion of the foot.

The movement moving in opposite directions is called plantarflexion.

With the foot, extension is usually called plantarflexion.

The muscle acts in plantarflexion and eversion of the foot.

During gait, high heeled shoes are shown to affect the ankle joint, causing significantly increased plantarflexion.

This tendon is vital for pushing off with the foot (this motion is known as plantarflexion).

They also found that obese individuals had less knee flexion in early stance and greater plantarflexion at toe off.

The patient will also be unable to stand up on the toes of that leg, and pointing the foot downward (plantarflexion) will be impaired.

The joint allows inversion and eversion of the foot, but plays no role in dorsiflexion or plantarflexion of the foot.

The action of the calf muscles, including the soleus, is plantarflexion of the foot (that is, they increase the angle between the foot and the leg).

If the test is positive, there is no movement of the foot (normally plantarflexion) on squeezing the corresponding calf, signifying likely rupture of the achilles tendon.

There is repetitive ankle dorsiflexion and plantarflexion on passive dorsiflexion of the foot by the examiner till the force applied by the examiner is withdrawn.

The Achilles tendon is most commonly injured by sudden plantarflexion or dorsiflexion of the ankle, or by forced dorsiflexion of the ankle outside its normal range of motion.

Plantarflexion (or plantar flexion) is the movement which increases the approximate 90 degree angle between the front part of the foot and the shin, as when depressing an automobile pedal or standing on the tiptoes.

Landing with a mid/forefoot strike has also been shown to not only properly attenuate shock but allows the grastro-soleus complex to aid in propulsion via reflexive plantarflexion after stretching to absorb ground contact forces.

In a study by DeVita and Hortobágyi, obese people were found to be more erect throughout the stance phase with greater hip extension, less knee flexion, and more plantarflexion during the course of stance than non-obese people.

At the ankle maximal plantarflexion is reached at toe-off and is followed by dorsiflexion until mid-swing when the ankle of dorsiflexion remains nearly constant until initial ground contact is made and further dorsiflexion occurs to lower and support the body.