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Flexor digitorum longus muscle structure

Known as: M. flexor digitorum longus, Flexor Digitorum Longus, Flexor digitorum longus muscle 
A muscle in the lower leg and foot beginning at the tibia and ending with four tendons proceeding to the second, third, fourth, and fifth toes acting… 
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Lower Extremity
Musculoskeletal SystemTendon of flexor digitorum longus

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2016
2016
Intramuscular nerve distribution pattern of ankle invertor muscles in human cadaver using sihler stain
Introduction: We sought to the ideal sites for botulinum toxin injection by examining the intramuscular nerve patterns of the… 
2006
2006
Histologic and Histochemical Analysis of Muscle Specimens in Idiopathic Talipes Equinovarus
Congenital idiopathic talipes equinovarus is a relatively common disorder of uncertain etiology with a wide variance of clinical… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Operative reconstruction after transverse rupture of the tendons of both peroneus longus and brevis. Surgical reconstruction by transfer of the flexor digitorum longus tendon.
Rupture of the tendons of both peroneus longus and peroneus brevis results in considerable disability. We have performed transfer… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
In vivo tendon forces correlate with activity level and remain bounded: evidence in a rabbit flexor tendon model.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effect of the Posterior Tibial Tendon on the Arch of the Foot During Simulated Weightbearing: Biomechanical Analysis
A cadaver study was performed to determine the effect of the posterior tibial tendon (PTT) on the stability of the foot in… 
1996
1996
Mechanical actions of heterogenic reflexes among ankle stabilizers and their interactions with plantarflexors of the cat hindlimb.
1. The stretch-evoked reflex organization of muscles whose major action is to abduct [peroneus brevis (PB); peroneus longus (PL… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Pathway to the cerebral cortex for impulses from tendon organs in the cat's hind limb.
In cats anaesthetized with alpha‐chloralose, extracellular, recordings were made from neurones lying in nucleus Z. All cells… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Digit flexor muscles in the cat: Their action and motor units
The relation between muscle action and the mechanical properties of motor units has been explored in the main digit flexors of… 
1967
1967
Change in Enzyme Pattern after Cross-innervation of Fast and Slow Skeletal Muscle
Buller, Eccles and Eccles1 showed that cross-union of the nerves to the fast flexor digitorum longus and the slow soleus muscles… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Occurrence of Intrafusal Muscle Fibres Innervation by Branches of Slow α Motor Fibres in the Cat
THE deep lumbrical muscles of the cat's hind foot are very small ones situated between the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus… 
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