Locate on yourself and on a partner the palpable structures listed in your text (Smith, Weiss, & Lehmkuhl, 1996, pp. 333-336).
Extrinsic foot muscles are so named because each has an attachment that is located outside the foot. Extrinsic foot muscles are multi-articular; they cross and, therefore, produce movement at more than one articulation or joint. Each extrinsic foot muscle either dorsiflexes or plantar flexes the ankle (talocrural) joint, and either pronates or supinates the subtalar joint.
Use skin pencils to draw lines of application, local to the ankle and subtalar joint, for each extrinsic foot muscle.
Based on the relationship of the relevant line of application, local to the axes of the ankle and subtalar joints (Smith, Weiss, & Lehmkuhl, 1996, Fig. 10-2, p. 337), predict each muscle's action at either joint.
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Extrinsic muscles of the foot
Muscle's action at ankle (talocrural) joint
(either DF or PF)
Muscle's action at subtalar joint
either pronation or supination
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Ankle dorsiflexion without subtalar pronation or supination
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Ankle plantar flexion without subtalar pronation or supination: | |||||||
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Subtalar pronation without ankle dorsiflexion or plantar flexion
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Subtalar supination without ankle dorsiflexion or plantar flexion
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