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What is the difference between dorsiflexion and plantarflexion?
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∙ 15y ago
Dorsiflexion is lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the shin. Plantar flexion is depressing the foot or elevating the heel. Dorsiflexion is an flexion angular movement because it decreases the angle between bones whereas Plantar flexion is a extension angular movement because it increases the angle between bones.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoDorsiflexion is the position created when you raise your foot to be nearly perpendicular with your lower leg. Plantarflexion is the antagonistic position of straightening your foot to align with your lower leg.
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∙ 15y agoDorsiflexion is when you move your foot up toward your leg. Plantarflexion is when you move your foot downwards, toward the floor, like a Ballet dancer does when they are en pointe.
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∙ 11y agoDorsiflexion is bending or pointing your foot down. Plantar flexion is pointing your foot up.
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Is it true that dorsiflexion and plantarflexion refer to movements of the ankle that change the position of the foot?
Yes.
What is the meaning of dorsaflexion?
Dorsiflexion is the movement of bringing the top of the foot towards the shin. This movement typically occurs at the ankle joint and is the opposite of plantarflexion. Dorsiflexion can also refer to a movement or position where the back is arched backward.
Does plantar flexion mean turning the hand downward?
No. Plantarflexion refers to moving the ankle downwards. It is the opposite of dorsiflexion. Flexor Carpi Radialis is moving the wrist downwards.
What is plantarflexion of the foot?
Plantarflexion is a movement of the foot at the ankle joint downwards - ie. the whole foot is pointed downwards. Imagine standing up then raising yourself onto tip-toes and flexing the foot as far as it will go to stand as tall as you can. In this position your foot is plantarflexed. This is the opposite of dorsiflexion where the foot is pulled 'upwards'.
What is dorsiflexion?
Dorsiflexion happens when the toes are brought closer to the shin and decreases the ankle between the leg and the dorsum of the foot. Walking on your heels causes dorsiflexion of your ankle.
How can the term flexion apply to opposite movement of the foot?
The bending of the foot at the ankle has been argued which movenment is flexion and which extendtion. So to avoid arguemnet both lifting and lowerng the foot at the ankle was termed flexion. Dorsiflexion and plantarflexion respectively.
What is the opposite of dorsiflexion?
The opposite of dorsiflexion is plantar flexion.
Do the foot and ankle both do dorsiflexion?
Yes, both the foot and ankle have the capacity for dorsiflexion
What is the prime mover if ankle plantarflexion?
gastrocnemius
What is the prime mover in ankle dorsiflexion?
Tibialis Anterior. You can feel and see it contract as the ankle moves into dorsiflexion.
What is the average range of dorsiflexion?
Dorsiflexion is a movement upward and is usually in the ankle. The average range is from 0 to 20 degrees.
Dorsiflexion is movement of the foot?
Dorsiflexion is moving your foot upwards toward you. Plantar flexion is when you move it down away from you.
