What does PF stand for?

Plantar Flexion

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Samples in periodicals archive:

21) trained 14 PAD subjects with individual-leg plantar flexion exercise (4 bouts of 4-minute intervals at 80% of maximal work rate three times per week for eight weeks).

A calf ergometer for exercise testing and training of patients with ...

Peak internal ankle plantar flexion moments and peak positive and negative ankle joint powers of the prosthesis are reduced in persons with transtibial amputations [15-16].

Gait characteristics of persons with bilateral transtibial amputations

Thus, we predicted that, compared with elderly people with no history of falls, elderly people who are at risk for falls will show the following characteristics: (1) decreased ankle plantar flexion and hip extension during push-off, (2) increased hip flexion during the swing phase, and (3) reduced mediolateral sway.

Gait characteristics of elderly people with a history of falls: a ...

The authors chose to use the 2 movements of dorsiflexion and plantar flexion of the ankle.

The Effect of Recurrent Ankle Inversion Sprain and Taping on ...

The immobilized group was in a cast with the ankle positioned in 30 degrees of plantar flexion for 6 weeks without weight bearing.

Early Motion of the Ankle After Operative Treatment of a Rupture of ...

A test-retest reliability study of ankle plantar-flexion and dorsiflexion measurements was done prior to this study and resulted in excellent reliability for concentric and eccentric plantar flexion only.

Heavy-Load Eccentric Calf Muscle Training for the Treatment of ...

[13,14] Abnormal joint motions include dynamic equinus or excessive ankle plantar flexion during the stance phase of gait, although no fixed contracture of the triceps surae muscle group is evident.

A comparison of gait with solid, dynamic, and no ankle-foot orthoses ...

Means and standard deviations for the standing heel-rise repetitions and degrees of plantar flexion achieved were calculated, as were the upper and lower 99% confidence intervals of the mean.

The standing heel-rise test for ankle plantar flexion: criterion for ...