MOI's - Foot
MOI's - Ankle/Lower Leg
Signs and Symptoms
Evaluation
Special Tests
100

  • Extension of the toes 

  • Pes cavus or pes planus 

  • Poor running technique 

  • Poor shoes 

  • Inflexibility of calf muscles 

Plantar Fasciitis

100

  • Sudden pushing off–forceful plantar flexion

  • Overstretching–forceful dorsiflexion 

Achilles Tendon Rupture

100

  • Feeling a snap or pop in the back of the leg 

  • Immediate pain 

  • Swelling 

  • Discoloration/bruising 

  • Inability to plantar flex 

Achilles Tendon Rupture

100

Medical term for low arch

Pes Planus

100

Indicates Achilles Tendon Rupture

Thompson Test

200

Shoes that are pointed 

Shoes that are too narrow 

Shoes that are too short 

Bunion (Hallux Valgus)

200

  • Eversion 

  • Often involve avulsion fracture of the medial malleolus

Eversion Ankle Sprain

200

  • Pain along the anterior aspect of the tibia (shin) 

  • Pain increases with activity 

Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

200

Thickened areas of skin due to friction

Calluses
200

Indicates a fracture

Bump Test

300

  • Inversion and plantar flexion 

  • Direct force 

  • Repetitive stress 

Jones Fracture

300

  • Running down hills 

  • Worn out shoes 

  • Improper conditioning 

  • Inadequate flexibility of the gastroc/soleus complex

Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

300

  • Difficulty walking or bearing weight 

  • Point tenderness 

  • Swelling 

  • Bruising 

  • Deformity 

Ankle Fracture

300

  • Commonly associated with pes cavus 

  • Hyperextension of the MTP joint 

  • Flexion of the PIP and DIP joints 

Claw Toes

300

Indicates Morton's Neuroma

Morton's Test

400

  • Occurs from landing after a jump or fall from a height 

  • Avulsion fractures can occur

Calcaneus Fracture

400

  • Increased eversion of the foot 

  • Forced dorsiflexion 

Syndesmotic Sprain (High Ankle Sprain)

400

  • Severe pain in the front of the leg  

  • Loss of function 

  • Positive compression test and/or positive Kleiger’s test 

Syndesmotic Sprain

400

  • Type of Pain

    • Burning– indicates what?

    • Sharp– indicates what?

Burning - nerve

Sharp - bone

400

Indicates a deltoid sprain or syndesmosis sprain

Kleiger's Test

500

  • Collapse of the transverse arch 

  • Compression of the nerve 

  • Excessive pronation 

Morton's Neuroma

500

Jumping, running, cutting 

Walking on inside of the foot (pronation) 

Tibialis Posterior Tendonitis
500

Pain behind the lateral malleolus

Peroneus Longus Tendonitis

500

  • Which ROM movement are you testing?

  • Goniometer placement

    • Axis: Over the Achilles tendon 

    • Stationary arm: midline of the lower leg 

    • Moving arm: over the midline

Eversion and Inversion

500

Indicates a sprain of the calcaneofibular ligament

Inversion Talar Tilt Test

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