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Types of Movement

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