Types of Movement Word Scramble
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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 |
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