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WINDLASS TEST FOR PLANTAR FASCIITIS With the Windlass Test you can...

ANKLE/FOOT ASSESSMENT SERIES PART 14: WINDLASS TEST With the Windlass Test you can assess for plantar fasciitis, because you are provoking pain by stretching the fascia at its insertion at the base of the 1st metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint. If you are not able to extend the MTP joint to at least 30°, we are talking about a hallux rigidus, which can be a reason why your patient is overpronating at the subtalar jont. #physio #physitutors #physiostudent #physiotherapeutassessment #physicaltherapy

The Windlass and Reverse Windlass Effects were first described 65 years ago by John H. Hicks in his classic paper on the biomechanics of the plantar fascia in 1954 (Hicks JH: The mechanics of the foot. II. The plantar aponeurosis and the arch. J Anatomy. 88:24-31, 1954). Hicks noted that hallux dorsiflexion, in both live feet and cadaver feet, produced the mechanical effect of raising of the medial longitudinal arch and plantarflexing the first ray. He also found that during relaxed bipedal stan