Contents
Anatomy pictures
Referred pain pattern
Muscle Type
- Phasic
- Weakens when overactivated
Symptoms
- Functional toe drop
- 'Clumsy' while walking, stumbles over thresholds
- Weakness of lifting the foot (dorsiflexion)
Muscular attachments
Videos
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Myofascial lines
Spiral line
- Splenius capitis and cervicis
- Rhomboideus major and minor
- Serratus anterior
- External oblique, abdominal aponeurosis, linea alba
- Internal oblique
- Tensor fascia latae
- Iliotibial tract
- Tibialis anterior
- Peroneus longus
- Biceps femoris
- Sacrotuerous ligament
- Sacrolumbar fascia
- Erector spinae
Superficial ventral line
- Scalp fascia
- Sternocleidomastoideus
- Sternalis/sternochondral fascia
- Rectus abdominis
- Quadriceps
- Subpatellar tendon
- Tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum longus, extensor hallucis longus
- Anterior crural compartment
Anatomy
Position
- Superficial
Origin
- Condylus lateralis tibiae
- Lateral surface of tibia, proximal 1/2
- Membrana interossea, proximal 2/3
- Deep fascia of the leg
- Septum intermusculare laterale
Insertion
- Medial and plantar part of os cuneiforme
- Basis of 1. metatarsal
Main function
- Ankle
- Dorsiflexion
- Inversion
Nerve innervation
- Segmental
- L4-S1
- Peripheral
- Deep part of the fibularis nerve
Arterial supply
- Anterior part of the tibial artery
SYNERGISTS
- Dorsiflexion:
- Extensor digitorum longus
- Peroneus tertius
- Extensor hallucis longus
- Inversion:
- Tibialis posterior
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Extensor hallucis longus
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Plantaris
ANTAGONISTS
- To dorsiflexion:
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Plantaris
- Peroneus longus
- Peroneus brevis
- Flexor hallucis brevis
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Tibialis posterior
- To inversion:
- Peroneus longus
- Peroneus brevis
- Peroneus tertius
- Extensor digitorum longus