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dorsiflex
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dorsiflex
verb To bend toward the head


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Dorsiflexed (DF): The ankle is flexed so that the shin moves toward the toes.
For example, the starting position against gravity for the ankle dorsiflexors was the LE-FM position for testing ankle movements independent of synergy (ie, standing, knee extended, with foot dorsiflexed against gravity).
0 g in 1000 ml water), both the distracted and control legs were skinned and mounted on a board with the ankle dorsiflexed at 50" and the knee flexed at 140° to eliminate the effect of joint angle on muscle length (Fig.
 
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