At 06:53 PM 2/16/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>So what is an adequate range of ankle dorsiflexion? A person with a
>beer-belly & size 6 feet will require much less dorsiflexion to get thier
>COM to this position than a hunchback with size 12 feet.
EXACTLY - no magic in the "10 degrees". As I said the ROM is subject
specific (depends a lot of factors).
BTW, we use the lunge test as a reliable measure of ankle ROM (and does not
put the foot in STJN), which has been shown to be reliable and valid.
Kind Regards
CP
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