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The assesment of articular range of motion of the STJA has got enormous clinical variability. What do you think is the "better" or more valid and reliable to do it?
1 - Exploration with the ankle in "neutral" position
2 - Exploration with the talocrural in a small dorsiflexion.
3 - Exploration in max. dorsiflexion of the talocrural
Likewise, which do you tkink that are the better contratomas (i.e where we put our distal hand)? do you think is valid to move de STJA from the fifth metatarsal head?
Bibliography is appreciated.
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Here some stuff for you. I´m sure there is lots moreAttached Files:
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In order to measure the quality of range of motion of the subtalar joint (STJ), here is the technique that I use.
Place the patient in a supine position, with their leg supported by the table or chair, and then grab their 4th and 5th metatarsal heads with one hand while using the other hand to stabilize the tibia from internally or externally rotating. Then, with the hand on the lateral metatarsal heads, load the forefoot into dorsiflexion with about 5-10 pounds of manual force which will stabilize the 4th and 5th metatarsal-cuboid joints, the calcaneo-cuboid joint and also cause an increase in tensile force within the Achilles tendon which is about double the compression loading force being used to manually load the 4th and 5th metatarsal heads. This loading of the lateral forefoot, when done correctly, will create a relatively stiff "beam" between between your hand (on the 4th and 5th metatarsal heads) and the subtalar joint which will allow you, in turn, to better determine the quality of range of motion of the STJ.
The hand on the lateral metatarsal heads is used to move the forefoot into adduction and abduction while placing a constant dorsiflexion loading force on the metatarsal heads, which will basically immobilize the talo-tibial joint so that STJ range of motion may be better appreciated. The following video
shows me performing the technique I have described above on a fresh-frozen cadaver foot at the Penn State Biomechanics Lab in September 2004. As you will notice, range of motion of the STJ by my placing the input force only on the 4th and 5th metatarsal head, causes very little movement of the talus (see bone pin that we drilled into the talus with the retro-reflective markers attached). This research eventually led to the following papers being published that showed that such a forefoot loading technique does relatively immobilize the ankle joint sufficiently to allow the movement of the calcaneus to the tibia to be a relatively accurate predictor of the three-dimensional location of the STJ axis:
Lewis GS, Kirby KA, Piazza SJ: Determination of subtalar joint axis location by restriction of talocrural joint motion. Gait and Posture. 25:63-69, 2007.
Lewis GS, Cohen TL, Seisler AR, Kirby KA, Sheehan FT, Piazza SJ: In vivo tests of an improved method for functional location of the subtalar joint axis. J Biomechanics, 42:146-151, 2009.
Hope this helps.
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Re: How to explore the STJA!?
It doesn't really matter what position the ankle is in as long as the ankle doesn't move when you are assessing the axis. I find it easiest to keep the ankle from moving, as kevin described, when the ankle is dorsiflexed so that there is some resistance in the Achilles tendon. To verify that the ankle is not moving you can palpate the talar dome at the anterior aspect of the ankle with and without ankle movement to verify for yourself whether or not the ankle is moving.
You don't want to confuse motion of other joints with motion of the subtalar joint.
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Hi Kevin and all!
Because, i think probably would be more valid to assess this with maxima dorsiflexion of the talocrural, in this way, the talus is more inmobilized between fibula and tibia. This could explain why people who have limited dorsiflexion of the talocrural, exhibit sometimes a "more pronated STJ" during gait, especially in the midstance.
It´s only my humble opinion!!
Thanks a lot
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Hi Eric and all!!
When i explore STJA movement, the quality and quantity of movement is very different if the talocrural is neutral or maximaly dorsioflexioned. For example, the pronation range of motion is minor with max dorsiflexion, in part this is because tension in Aquilles tendon, but perhaps in part is because the talus is "more blocked" (talus wider in the anterior body).
And in fact, during gait, the STJ pronates especially in the midstance phase of gait, where there is a max dorsiflexion of the talocrural. In this way, at least we can evaluate this "time of the STJ movement", where a lot of patology is suggested to occur....)
Thanks a lot to resolve my doubts!!
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Sometimes, when i asses the STJ in the way yo do, i usually "grab" the talus pressing in tibia and fibula trying to inmobilise the talus, do you think is a good idea??
Thank you for your comments in this wonderful forum.
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Happy new year,
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I understand you, thanks a lot for your answer.
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Re: How to explore the STJA!?
My only problem with this entire discussion on measuring STJ ROM, is that all of the techniques described here place the ankle in in a neutral or slight dorsiflexed position.
Our society wears shoes that place our ankle into slight PF at all times.. at least 14-20 mm of height.
doesn't your evidence of measuring STJ and description of STJ motion with foot in a neutral anatomic position support going barefoot??? If not, there is no basis for even determining STJ axis or motion because we negate our findings by placing the foot in a shoe....
Nick Campitelli, DPM, FACFAS
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I don't think that it does. There are two different things here. The position of the axis and the position of the joint within it's range of motion. Most of this discussion is about the position of the joint axis. The position of the axis is important in determining the moment from ground reaction force about the joint. The position of the axis is determined by the shape of the articular facets of the talus and calcaneus. A few degrees of ankle joint motion will not significantly change the projection of the STJ axis onto the transverse plane.
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Re: How to explore the STJA!?
I see you are on the "Medical Advisory Board for Vibram FiveFingers".
http://akronpodiatrist.blogspot.com/2011/03/vibram-five-fingers-medical-advisory.html
How can you recommend a shoe such as the Vibram FiveFingers that causes so many metatarsal stress fractures in runners?
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Here's the caveat: Mr Vibram medical committee, Nick, whatever your name is, this does not necessarily mean that walking or running barefoot is best. To quote the now defunked ;) REM- "you can't get there from here". Please take note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD3cYh5Pp1I
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Bad to swallow you whole
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He's mighty bad to visit home
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When your hands are feeling empty
Stick head jumpin off the ground, 'round
Tris is sure to shirr the deers out
Brother Ray can sing my song
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Landlocked kiss the ground
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Go on ahead Mr. Citywide hypnotized, suit and tied
Gentlemen, testify
If your world is a monster
Bad to swallow you whole
Philomath they know the lowdown
Throw your trolls out the door
I've been there I know the way
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Thank you, Ray. "
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The experiment we were doing at the Penn State Biomechanics Lab had nothing to do with your ill-conceived notion that barefoot is better and using "minimalist" shoes is better. I honestly find it hard to believe that any podiatrist could jump to that conclusion unless they had no concept at all of foot and lower extremity biomechanics and the nature of scientific research investigation or possibly they had a financial interest in "minimalist shoes".
During the experiment demonstrated on video with Steve Piazza, PhD, (now one of the editors for the Journal of Biomechanics) and Greg Lewis, PhD (who was working on his PhD at the time) from the Penn State Biomechanics Department, we were looking to see if my manual method of pushing on the bottom of the foot correlated to the actual spatial location of the subtalar joint (STJ) axis found through 3D kinematics with a 3D motion analysis system. This experiment led to the development of a unique 3D motion analysis method of finding the STJ axis spatial location without drilling a pin into the talus of live subjects. Our research had nothing to do with whether being shod or barefoot is better or worse for individuals in the modern society that most of us live in.
Here are the reference papers that deal with that research at Penn State and subsequent research that developed from that research.
Kirby KA: Methods for determination of positional variations in the subtalar joint axis. JAPMA, 77: 228-234, 1987.
Lewis GS, Kirby KA, Piazza SJ: A motion-based method for location of the subtalar joint axis assessed in cadaver specimens. Presented at 10th Anniversary Meeting of Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society in Portland, Oregon. April 7, 2005.
Lewis GS, Kirby KA, Piazza SJ: Determination of subtalar joint axis location by restriction of talocrural joint motion. Gait and Posture. 25:63-69, 2007.
Lewis GS, Cohen TL, Seisler AR, Kirby KA, Sheehan FT, Piazza SJ: In vivo tests of an improved method for functional location of the subtalar joint axis. J Biomechanics, 42:146-151, 2009. -
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So, to change the distance from the axis 100% the original distance would have to be 7mm or quite small. The moment from the ground would be small in relation to the moments from the muscles.
It is much easier to get a few degrees of eversion of the STJ in the foot that has eversion range of motion than it is to get inversion of the STJ. So, the axis position change is quite relevant in the "oversupinator". However, when we are trying to increase supination moment, the changing of the location of the force will have to move quite far to overcome the "residual pronation moment" to get the added effect of moving the axis as well. (The added effect is the lateral shift of the axis that comes with supination of the STJ). Often you don't see a change in STJ position with varus wedge effect. (How often might be a relatively easy research project for someone.)
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Re: How to explore the STJA!?
A transverse plane projection is an obvious start, but when my Mrs straps on her four inch heels for work each day in suspect there is greater change of the STJ axis in relation to the net GRF vector in the other planes. I recall drawing this out for a thread here some years ago as a frontal plane section. Take a non-vertical GRF vector and a frontal plane section, elevate the STJ axial position from the supporting surface in 1mm increments. Soon adds up. This is what I was trying to work out when Kevin sent me his sketch for the STJ axis locator. What happens to the relationship between the STJ axis and the net GRF vector after heel lift? -
Eric and Simon won´t adding a shoe also have effect on the lateral side of the STJ axis as well.
as in will is not negate some what the change in the STJ axis position from adding shoe wear -
A lateral flare on the heel of the shoe will change the location of force relative to the axis. It may not change the position of the joint within its range of motion.
Simon and I were discussing the location of the joint axis, which does change with a change in STJ position. The question is whether a shoe can create a large enough change in joint position to change the location of the axis. After thinking about it, I'd agree that in those feet with pronation range of motion available many treatment options can easily pronate the STJ further to change the location of the axis. However finding treatment modalities that can significantly supinate the STJ so that the axis moves is going to be hard. Especially in feet that you want to supinate. Yes, you can change the location of center of pressure, but in a food with a highly medially deviated STJ axis it's going to be hard to find a treatment modality, that will be comfortable to wear, that will hold the foot in a more supinated position so that the location of the axis has moved.
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I just love the above calculations and the equation!
Ok I'll play. So, to move the axis in the transverse plane you have to leg/ talus rotation. The axis of rotation in the transverse plane is (guessing) under the posterior part of the talus. So, a 2 degree rotation of the talus will create essentially no change in the axis at the posterior foot. At the met heads, assuming a 20cm distance from the pivot point to the met heads, the distance moved would be sine2 x 20 cm. 0.034899497 x20 = approximately 7mm. 10mm distance from the pivot point = 3.5 mm. in stance the Cop may only be 5cm from pivot point for a change of 1.8mm
"Assume 20cm................... and then to have nine decimal places? Spurious accuracy, one thinks to one's self. -
Eric
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