Spinal fracture in an ankylosed spine is also difficult to treat. We recently treated a case of thoracic spine fracture in a patient with Parkinson's disease complicating a severely ankylosed spine.

Methods Clinical presentation, dorsiflexion-external rotation stress test, dorsiflexion lunge with compression test, squeeze test and ankle syndesmosis ligament palpation were compared with MRI ...

Dorsiflexion – the foot moves towards the shin as if you are pulling your toes up. This movement only occurs at the ankle. The table summarises the body locations and types of movements ...

Study Design Cross-sectional study. Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between open kinetic chain (OKC) ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (DROM) and the Weight ...

Dorsiflexion – the foot moves towards the shin as if you are pulling your toes up. This movement only occurs at the ankle. The table summarises the body locations and types of movements ...

As previously stated, patients with ankylosed spine are prone to spinal fracture, and delay in diagnosis often occurs because of the difficulty of initial diagnosis. Westerveld et al. reported ...