Forearm and Wrist Movements
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Dorsiflexion
-backward bending and contracting of your hand or foot -letting off of the gas
Circumduction
a combination of flexion, extension, hyperextension, abduction and adduction
Palmar/Volar Flexion
bending the hand or fingers toward the palmar/volar surface
Supination
repositioning the radius parallel with the ulna
Hyperextension
the forceful extension of a limb or joint beyond its normal limits
Ulnar Deviation (Wrist Adduction)
the movement of bending the wrist to the pinky (or ulnar bone)
Radial Deviation (Wrist Abduction)
the movement of bending the wrist to the thumb
Pronation
twisting of the radius around the ulna
