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Tibialis anterior muscle hernia is a challenging diagnosis. Ultrasound findings generally are negative because patients come to ultrasound study from home when they are at rest. When the operator of ultrasound suspects a muscle hernia, he has to scan the affected limb or the affected organ dynamically at rest and after stressing the limb. Here, we present a case of a 19-year-old dancer with ant...

This clinical note describes a typical case of dynamic varus deformity of the hind part of the foot in a head injured adult. Gait analysis objectified, by kinematic data, the perturbed movement of the rear foot in the frontal plane and identified, by dynamic electromyography, the overactive muscle (posterior tibialis) involved in the deformity. The diagnosis was confirmed by a motor point block...

BackgroundTibialis posterior tendon, deltoid ligament and spring are the three most important structures on medial aspect of foot. They contribute to stability foot ankle also maintenance arches These get affected dimensions disrupted in various traumatic degenerative conditions. Normal range these has not been studied an Indian population. Our objective is define normal thicknesses using a cad...

Acquired flatfoot deformity after injury is usually due to partial or complete tearing of the tendon of tibialis posterior, with secondary failure of the other structures which maintain the medial longitudinal arch. We describe a patient in whom the rupture of the plantar calcaneonavicular (spring) ligament resulted in a clinical picture similar to that of rupture of the tendon of tibialis post...

Starvation (48 h) decreased the concentration of mRNA of the insulin-responsive glucose transporter isoform (GLUT 4) in interscapular brown adipose tissue (IBAT) (56%) and tibialis anterior (10%). Despite dramatic [7-fold (tibialis anterior) and 40-fold (IBAT)] increases in glucose utilization after 2 and 4 h of chow re-feeding, no significant changes in GLUT 4 mRNA concentration were observed ...

Anomalies of tarsal coalition have been described by anatomists (Anderson 1 880, Pfitzner I 896) but their correlation with the clinical manifestation of spastic flat foot was not appreciated until Slomann (1921) and Badgley (1927) published their reports. Harris and Beath (1948) described the important part played by tarsal coalition as a cause of peroneal spastic flat foot. Their contribution...

     Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of specialized Kyokushin Karate exercises on the activity of leg muscles and the height of the medial longitudinal arch in adolescent girls with foot pronation.    Methods: This study recruited twenty-four adolescent girls with foot pronation who voluntarily agreed to participate and were randomly assigned to either a train...