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dorsiflexion

NOUN
  1. the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part)

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  • The navicular (scaphoid) and lunate (semilunar) are those most commonly fractured, usually by indirect violence, by forced dorsiflexion from a fall on the extended hand. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • Flying mantids that hear ultrasound perform a bat evasion behavior that comprises a head roll, complete prothoracic leg extension, wing beat changes, and abdomen dorsiflexion.
  • Flying mantids that hear ultrasound perform a bat evasion behavior that comprises a head roll, complete prothoracic leg extension, wing beat changes, and abdomen dorsiflexion.
  • In medial ankle sprains, the mechanism of injury is excessive eversion and dorsiflexion.
  • In the _acquired form_, the appearances are different, because the anterior part of the foot is usually flexed towards the sole, thus disguising to a certain extent the dorsiflexion at the ankle. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • Usually these movements include dorsiflexions of the ankles and toes, which are slower than myoelonic jerks.
  • There is dorsiflexion at the ankle-joint, and if an attempt is made to flex the foot towards the sole, the extensor tendons stand out prominently. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • As the disease progresses, the toe is drawn towards the sole and becomes permanently flexed -- _hallux flexus_ -- and any attempt at dorsiflexion is attended with pain. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • ObjectiveTo measure cortical areas involved ankle dorsiflexion and planter flexion.
  • In dorsiflexion, herefore, greater space is required between the two malleoli. III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint
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