windlass test

windlass test

(wind′lăs)
Passively dorsiflexing the toes of a patient with heel pain. Reproduction of pain at the insertion of the plantar fascia is suggestive of plantar fasciitis.
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Para ello se valora la ausencia de mejoria en reposo, la positividad o no del " windlass test", la exploracion de los reflejos o la presencia de signos neurologicos e irradiacion de dolor (11,13,16).
Nueva vision del tratamiento de la fascitis plantar en deportistas. Utilidad del entrenamiento funcional mediante el esqui
Additionally, it was found while researching this topic that two clinical tests for plantar heel pain, the dorsiflexion-eversion test for tarsal tunnel syndrome and the Windlass test for plantar fasciitis ("passive extension of the first MTP joint or all MTP joints with the ankle in neutral {90 degrees}" (12)), "seem unable to differentiate between conditions that lead to plantar heel pain." (12) Although the dorsiflexion-ever sion test may not be specific to tarsal tunnel syndrome, if performed it may have provided further support for the diagnosis.
Conservative management of a case of tarsal tunnel syndrome
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