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Goniometry 207
Stifle Tarsus
Tibiotarsal flexion/extension
• Lateral recumbency.
• Femoral longitudinal axis to tibial longitudinal axis. • Lateral recumbency.
• Stifle must also be flexed to measure the flexion
angle, due to limitation by the gastrocnemius
muscle and common calcaneal tendon.
• Tibial longitudinal axis to metatarsus.
Figure B.28 Stifle flexion.
Figure B.30 Tibiotarsal flexion.
Figure B.29 Stifle extension.
Figure B.31 Tibiotarsal extension.
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