Ankle Sagittal ROM: Detailed Explanation

Choose this next for narrated foot-relative-to-shank angle checkpoints, dorsiflexion/plantarflexion reversals and total excursion.

0% · Heel strike

2° plantarflexion
Ankle dorsiflexion / plantarflexion (°)Current: 2° plantarflexion

Foot relative to tibia

+ Dorsiflexion− Plantarflexion
Maximum dorsiflexion: approximately 10°Minimum angle: approximately 20° plantarflexion
-30-20-100°1020020406080100Heel strikeFoot flatMidstanceHeel offToe offFeet adjacentTibia verticalHeel strikeDORSIFLEXIONPLANTARFLEXIONAnkle angle (°)Percent of gait cycle
Gait cycle: 0%
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Explanations and references

Sagittal Plane Kinematics → ROM → Ankle

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The ankle angle is the foot measured relative to the lower leg on the drawn figure, not the foot's angle to the floor.

Learning objectives

Follow talocrural dorsiflexion and plantarflexion (foot relative to shank) through the gait cycle.

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