Ankle/Foot Functional/Special Tests Flashcards
Windlass Effect
-plantar fascia slack until ext of big toe during push off
- Check arch
- Lift big toe and check for arch
Order of Foot/Ankle Exam
Pt Hx
Observation
Scanning Exam
Palpate**
ROM
Flexibility
MMT
Joint Play
Special Tests
Subjective Hx Foot/Ankle Specific
-Activities?
-Flat feet or high arches
-Types of shoes
-Pop?
-Child bracing?
-Surgeries?
-OA?
Foot Posture Index
-2: supination
2+: Pronation
Palpation
-Achilles tendon
-Calcaneus
-Great Toe/phalanges
-Cuneiform
-Navicular
-Malleoli
-Deltoid ligament
-ATFL
-Shin
-Fibulari
Foot/Ankle ROM
DF/PF: 20/50
Sup/Pro: 45-60/15-30 (measure at top of ankle)
Inv/Env: 20/10 (measure calcaneus)
Great toe Ext/Flx: 70/45
Foot/Ankle MMT
-Gastroc/Soleus
-Tib ant/post
-Fibulars
-Hallucis Flex/ext
-Foot Intrinsics
Joint Play: Proximal Tibio-Fibular
-AP glide or PA
-Lacking last ext or flx
Knee Joint:
-Flx: anterior
-Ext: posterior
Ankle Joint:
-DF: ER
-PF: IR
Joint Play: Distal Tibio-fibular
-AP and PA
-For lacking DF
- Pt supine, foot PF
- Stabilize tibia and mobilize fibula
Joint Play: Talocrual PA Glide
-improve PF
- Pt prone, slightly PF
- PT stabilizes Tibia
- Anterior mob through calcaneus
Joint Play: Talocrual AP Glide
-improve DF
- Pt supine, slightly PF
- PT stabilizes tibia
- Posterior mob through anterior talus
Joint Play: Subtalar Medial Glide
-improve eversion
- Pt sidelying
- Push medially
Joint Play: Subtalar Lateral Glide
-improve inversion
- Pt sidelying
- Push laterally
Joint Play: MTP and IP Dorsal Glide
-Distraction
-Extension
- Stabilize distal MT
- Mobilize dorsally
Joint Play: MTP and IP Plantar Glide
-Flexion
- Stabilize distal MT
- Mobilize plantarly