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NPTE Physical Therapist Exam Review

Category - Podiatry Part I

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Tom tears his calcanial tendon during his football game. He would experience difficulty in:
  1. Inversing his knee
  2. Extending his knee
  3. Dorsiflexing his foot
  4. Plantarflexing his foot
Explanation
Answer − D - Tom would experience difficulty in plantarflexing his foot. The thickest and strongest of all the tendons in the body, the calcanial tendon is used by gastrocnemius and soleus to insert on the dorsum of calcaneus. When the calcanial tendon gets ripped, the major plantaflexors would not be inserting on the calcaneus to be able to plantaflex the leg.
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