Patient Positioning
Patient lies supine with a small pillow under the dorsal aspect of the ankle or patient may seat on the examination table, knee flexed and the plantar surface of the foot on the table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a transverse and later longitudinal plane over the medial aspect of the ankle.
Note: Patient with ankle pain for several years with hypoechogenic thickening of the tibialis anterior tendon, irregularity with hypo- and hyperechogenic regions – tendinopathy and partial tear.