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anterior tibial artery
(redirected from Anterior tibial)

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anterior tibial artery,
one of two divisions of the popliteal artery, arising in back of the knee, dividing into six branches, and supplying various muscles of the leg and foot. Branches are the posterior tibial recurrent, anterior tibial recurrent, lateral anterior malleolar artery, medial anterior malleolar artery, lateral malleolar rete, and medial malleolar rete. Compare posterior tibial artery.


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The use of a joint-stiffening strategy in this case may be a response to potential instability brought on by an unopposed quadriceps femoris muscle contraction that can cause anterior tibial translation, (24,25) because a strong eccentric quadriceps femoris muscle contraction is present during weight acceptance of walking.
Certain tibial stress fractures, such as an anterior tibial stress or a medial malleolar stress fracture, however, are more serious and generally do require more extensive rest, possible immobilization and even surgery depending on the severity.
He saw an orthopedic surgeon who performed a physical examination that yielded a score of 2+ on the Lachman test (indicating greater than 9 mm of excessive anterior tibial translation on the femur (1(p701))) and a negative result on a pivot shift test (indicating no rotational subluxation of the tibia on the femur (1(707-709))).
 
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