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Home   Clinicians Blog   Intrinsic and Extrinsic Foot Musculature

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Foot Musculature

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Muscles

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Foot Muscles

The intrinsic muscles of the foot originate on the heel bone and work to stabilise the arches of the foot while regulating the rate of pronation and giving motion control to the foot.

Two groups of these muscles exist - the plantar group located on the sole of the foot, which stabilises the arch and controls movement of individual digits, and the dorsal group located on the dorsum of the foot which assists some of the extrinsic muscles in their actions.

The dorsal group of muscles is innervated by the deep fibular nerve while the tibial nerve, which innervates the plantar group, bifurcates into two branches - the medial plantar nerve and the lateral plantar nerve.

Recent studies have shown that under external load, the activation of the three largest plantar intrinsic muscles - Abductor Hallucis, Flexor Digitorum and Quadratus Plantae - produces significant alterations in the metatarsal and calcaneus segment angles, helping to counter the deformation of the longitudinal arch (LA) by reducing the length and increasing the height of the LA.*


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These studies prove vital in understanding the role played by these muscles in controlling foot posture, especially during weightbearing activities.

In the event of peripheral neuropathy, denervation of these muscles leads to a range of deformities such as hammer toes caused by the flexion of the interphalangeal joints and extension of the metatarsal-phalangeal joints and the appearance of prominent plantar metatarsal heads.

High arches are common with the atrophy of the plantar intrinsic muscles especially the key ones in the forefoot such as the Abductor Hallucis, Flexor Hallucis Brevis and Adductor Hallucis.

While starting off as a forefoot-driven phenomenon, the eventual dorsiflexion of the hindfoot then progresses into supination to become a varus. On further exacerbation, this varus causes the insertion of the Achilles tendon to shift medially, giving further impetus to the condition.

The extrinsic muscles are the larger muscles which control the movement of the foot and the toes. Crossing the ankle joint, these muscles are divided into Superficial Posterior, Deep Posterior, Anterior and Lateral.

Imbalances caused by weak intrinsic foot muscles, also cause some of the extrinsic muscles to work overtime in order to overcome these imbalances, particularly the extensor hallucis longus, flexor digitorum longus, extensor digitorum longus and flexor hallucis longus.

This leads to hyperextension of the metatarsophalangeal joints and flexion of the interphalangeal joints which ultimately exaggerates the longitudinal arch of the foot via the windlass mechanism.

Optimal arthrokinematics is achieved through the optimal alignment of bones and ligaments, further promoting muscle strength and tendon function in the process.

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References:

  1. Luke A. Kelly, Andrew G. Cresswell, Sebastien Racinais, Rodney Whiteley, Glen Lichtwark (2014) Intrinsic foot muscles have the capacity to control deformation of the longitudinal arch. Journal of the Royal Society Interface: 29 January 2014, doi: 10.1098/rsif.2013.1188
  2. Richard K. Bernstein (2003) Physical Signs of the Intrinsic Minus Foot. American Diabetes Association: June 2003, Vol. 26, No. 6
  3. Thomas Ball, Michael Butler, Stephen Parsons (2013) Pes Cavus – Not just a clinical sign. Diagnosis, Aetiology and Management. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation: January 2013
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