Point your toes as your legs swing forward this prevents dorsiflexion.    From Wordnik.com.  [ChiRunning] Reference

(+) Homan's sign - dorsiflexion of the foot produces calf pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

In dorsiflexion, herefore, greater space is required between the two malleoli.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 7d. Talocrural Articulation or Ankle-joint] Reference

The research showed that dorsiflexion is far more extreme in chimps than humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph] Reference

I never regained dorsiflexion, the ability to pull that foot up or "let off the gas.".    From Wordnik.com.  [SharperIron] Reference

It may be necessary to give an anæsthetic to obtain the necessary degree of dorsiflexion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

After analysing the skeletal motion of chimpanzees Dr DeSilva found the angle of dorsiflexion.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

To assist dorsiflexion, the bottom of the chimpanzee tibia - the larger of the two bones in the lower leg - is shaped in a certain way where it joins the ankle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph] Reference

To assist steeper levels of dorsiflexion in chimps, the bottom of the tibia - the larger of the two bones in the lower leg - is shaped in a certain way where it joins the ankle.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

In C3-C7 the orientation of zygapophyses, the saddle-shape of vertebral body surfaces, and the imbrication of transverse processes suggest that the neck was more capable of dorsiflexion than lateral rotation.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The lunate may be displaced forward by forcible dorsiflexion of the hand, and forms a projection beneath the flexor tendons; there is usually loss of sensibility in the distribution of the ulnar nerve in the hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

# -- This deformity, which consists in a combination of dorsiflexion at the ankle and eversion of the foot, is as common as pure calcaneus (Figs. 148 and 149); the heel is depressed, the sole looks laterally, and its medial border is convex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

If, on the other hand, the wrist and fingers are maintained in the attitude of extreme dorsiflexion, the extensors become shortened, and, relieved of strain, they soon begin to respond to the stimuli sent them from the recovering nerve cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

This dislocation is usually produced by extreme dorsiflexion of the thumb, whereby the volar accessory (palmar) and the collateral ligaments are torn from their metacarpal attachments, the phalanx carrying with it the volar accessory ligament and sesamoid bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

"cock-up" splint, with the hand in the attitude of marked dorsiflexion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

The secondary outcome measures will be pain at the first MPJ (during walking and at rest), stiffness at the first MPJ, passive non-weightbearing dorsiflexion of the first MPJ, plantar flexion strength of the toe-flexors of the hallux, global satisfaction with the treatment, health-related quality of life (assessed using the Short-Form-36 version two questionnaire), magnitude of symptom change, use of pain-relieving medication and changes in dynamic plantar pressure distribution (maximum force and peak pressure) during walking.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Slide 21: 178) A 25 years old male complained of limitation of 181) The most effective ttt of sever Dupuytren's wrist movements, especially dorsiflexion, and contracture is: weakness of the hand, especially the grip. a. Repeated stretching and night splintage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference