The extensor digitorum longus muscle is located at the front of the leg and is adjacent to the peroneus brevis muscle and the tibialis anterior muscle. This wing-shaped muscle works to extend the foot ...

A tendon is a type of body tissue that connects muscle to bone. If a tendon becomes inflamed — painful and swollen — the condition is called tendonitis. In your hands, there are so-called extensor ...

These ligaments are a group of fibrous bands inside the fascia of the leg that attach the extensor tendons to the joint of the ankle. The inferior extensor retinaculum is the lower band of extensor ...