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Types of Movement
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Flexion | decrease angle at joint |
| Extension | return angle to 180 |
| Hyperextension | move past 180 (wrist) |
| Abduction | away from midline |
| Hyperabduction | arms cross over head |
| Adduction | towards midline |
| Hyperadduction | crossing fingers |
| Retraction | move posteriorly on horizontal plane |
| Circumduction | one stable end while other end moves in circle (flexion, abduction, adduction) |
| Medial rotation | towards midline |
| lateral rotation | away from midline |
| supination | palms out (to hold soup) |
| pronation | palms backwards |
| Inversion | moves soles to face each other |
| Eversion | move soles to face opposite directions |
| dorsiflexion | raising toes during heel strike |
| plantarflexion | tiptoe |