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Silfverskiöld test used to differentiate gastrocnemius tightness from achilles tendon contracture
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The Silfverskiöld test differentiates gastrocnemius tightness from an achilles tendon contracture by evaluating ankle dorsiflexion with the knee extended and then flexed. Increased ankle dorsiflexion with knee flexion indicates gastrocnemius tightness. This occurs because the gastrocnemius relaxes with knee flexion as the muscle spans the knee joint and the soleus does not. If there is no difference in dorsiflexion with flexion of the knee, then an achilles tendon contracture is present.
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