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 FHL is identified after dissection deep to the abductor hallucis and flexor hallucis brevis. After retracting the medial plantar branch of the medial plantar nerve, the FHL is cut and its ...
Tendons are tough, inelastic bands of connective tissue formed of a dense, highly organized matrix of parallel collagen fibres that is maintained by resident tenocytes. Tendons attach skeletal ...
Ankle dorsiflexors, a group of muscles including your tibialis anterior, extendor hallucis longus and extensor digitorum longus that allow you to move the ankle joint through all phases of the ...