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ExSci: Basic Terminology
Culminating Assignment
Created By:Naveed Mazumder
Plantar Flexion and Dorsi Flexion
Plant flexion, as well as Dorsi Flexion both involve the the feet and nothing else.
Plant Flexion is pointing the foot upward.
Dorsi Flexion is pointing the foot downward.
Plantar Flexion is performed if someone is walking on their tippy toes.
Dorsi Flexion is performed when someone is walking on their heals.
The picture above is what plantar flexion looks like.
The video on the left demonstrates what plantar flexion is first, and then demonstrates what dorsi flexion is after.
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