The abductor hallucis muscle is located on the inner border of the foot. This muscle bends the big toe and moves it out to the side. More importantly, it supports the medial longitudinal arch, located ...

Background The aim of the study was to investigate the abductor hallucis muscle characteristics, defined as dorso-plantar (DP) thickness, medio-lateral (ML) width, and cross-sectional area (CSA ...

The cause and effect relationship between abductor hallucis muscle size reduction and hallux valgus severity could not be assessed due to the cross-sectional nature of the study design.

There are some 650 skeletal muscles given Latin names according to their location, size and shape, and action. The flexor hallucis (“of the big toe”) longus muscle, for instance, is the long muscle ...

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Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPMMedically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Pain in your big toe joint can be due to a sudden injury, or chronic health conditions like arthritis. Bursitis, ...

A systematic search of published reports was carried out in three electronic databases from 1966 on to identify relevant articles relating to tennis injuries. There were 39 case reports, 49 laboratory ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...

Part of the circulation of the spleen meridian of foot taiyin is described as follows in Ma’s book: “starts from the end of the great toe at the base of the distal phalanx, runs along the tissue space ...

Indeed, although the BTX was administered by intramuscular injection in all studies, some were under electromyographic guidance, some trials injected the gastrocnemius/soleus muscles, and some ...