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anterior tibialis

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anterior ti·bi·al·is

(tĭb′ē-ăl′ĭs)
n.
A muscle with origin from the lateral surface of the tibia, the interosseous membrane, and the intermuscular septum, with insertion into the medial cuneiform bone and the base of the first metatarsal, with nerve supply from the deep peroneal nerve, and whose action causes the dorsiflexion and inversion of the foot.
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Anterior tibialis tendon transfers were performed in 28.2% of patients at an average age of 4.6 years (range: 2.3 to 8.1 years).
Surgical repair of an anterior tibialis muscle hernia with Mersilene mesh.
Needle electromyographic signals were recorded from the right anterior tibialis muscle at a site approximating the demarcation between the proximal one-third and distal two-thirds of the muscle [27].
Thus, the purpose of this study was to analyze the EMG signal of biceps femoris (BF), vastus lateralis (VL), lumbar multifidus (LM), anterior tibialis (AT), and medial gastrocnemius (MG) during the DL and SLDL.
Dorsiflexors -- anterior tibialis: Using a theraband or weight on your forefoot, bring your toes and forefoot upward.
Bates (10) reported a patient examined using dynamic ultrasonography, which turned out to be bilateral anterior tibialis muscle herniations.
A muscle biopsy of the anterior tibialis exhibited neurogenic atrophy with no inflammatory infiltrate.
Active Release Technique[R] was provided to the anterior tibialis, extensor hallicus longus, extensor digitorum longus, extensor retinaculum, flexor hallucis longus, tibialis posterior, flexor digitorum longus, and achilles tendon.
The fibromyalgia patients graded it as a significantly more intense pain stimulus" than did the healthy controls, she said, noting that similar results were seen in separate studies in which patients and controls raced their response to an injection of hypertonic saline solution into the anterior tibialis muscle and in assessments of auditory and olfactory sensitivity.
* Cycling: quadriceps and anterior tibialis strength
Ultrasound of the right ankle showed an abnormally thickened anterior tibialis tendon (ATT) at the level of the anterior aspect of the ankle (Figure 2).
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