Sitting or lying supine or lying prone
Ask the patient to remove shoes and socks to allow direct palpation on the skin.
Anterior or posterior to the patient.
Please sit (or other position). May I touch your toes? (or demonstrate).
Guide the patient to sit (or other position). If given permission, place your fingers on the proximal to distal parts of the toes.
VH - Foot skeleton showing the toes from a dorsal view ñ add the extensor digitorum longus and brevis on one side