Due to triplanar motion, which motion occurs at the talus with talocrual dorsiflexion?
a. Abduction
b. Adduction
c. Inversion
d. Eversion
ANS: A
While the motion of dorsiflexion primarily occurs in the sagittal plane, investigators have found transverse plane motion contributing to abduction of the talus with dorsiflexion and adduction with plantarflexion.
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