Foot inversion and eversion movements in stance and swing - some comparative-anatomical and functional morphological aspects Hasselt University
In the lower leg of the common opossum Didelphis marsupialis, the spatium interosseum cruris between tibia and fibula widens in stance during the power stroke, reflecting external rotations of these bones, coupled to extreme inversion of the foot, which lasts until the end of push-off. Although denied in marsupials until recently the strong ligamentum astragalocalcaneum interosseum underlines the importance of our observations. From the very ...