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Anatomy pictures
Referred pain pattern
Symptoms
- Pain in the back of knee while walking, running or crouching
- Limited range of motion of knee
- Weakness in medial rotation of leg
Muscular attachments
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Myofascial line
Deep ventral line
- Suprahyoid muscles
- Infrahyoid muscles
- Scaleni
- Fascia prevertebralis
- Longus colli and capitis
- Pericardium
- Mediastinum
- Parietal pleura
- Fascia pretrachialis
- Fascia endothoracica
- Transversus Thoracis
- Diaphragma
- Anterior longitudinal ligament
- Iliopsoas
- Pectineus
- Anterior intermuscular septum
- Adductor brevis and longus
- Anterior sacral fascia
- Pelvic floor fascia
- Levator ani
- Obturator internus fascia
- Posterior intermuscular septum
- Adductor Magnus and minimus
- Fascia Popliteus, knee capsule
- Tibialis posterior
- Flexor hallucis longus and flexor digitorum longus
Additional Functional Muscles Supporting The Deep Ventral Line
- Deep lateral rotators of the hip
- Is fascially connected to the Adductor Magnus
- Quadratus lumborum
- The anterior surface is fascially continous to the iliacus
Synergists
Knee - Medial rotation
Knee - Flexion
Antagonists
Knee - Lateral rotation
Knee - Extension
Anatomy
Position
- Deep
Origin
- Lateral part of lateral condyle of the femoris
- Oblique popliteal ligament
Insertion
- Medial side of the proximal posterior tibia
Main function
- Knee
- Medial rotation
- Flexion
Secondary function
- Knee
- Lateral rotation
Nerve innervation
- Segmental
- L4-S1
- Peripheral
- Nervus tibialis
Arterial supply
- Popliteal artery