Hi all, was wondering if someone could clear up some confusion over the movement of the fibula. Danenburg in his vasyli article on manipulation of the ankle suggests that as the ankle dorsiflexes the fibula moves up and laterally to widen the mortice and allow the talus the required range of motion. However Michaud in his foot orthosis book tells us that in late mid stance the fibula drops…
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Function/Movement of the fibula