Joint Movement

Circumduction

A compound circular movement involving flexion, extension abduction and adduction, cirucmscring a cone shape

Eversion

Abducting the ankle

Radial deviation

Abduction of the wrist in the frontal plane

Inversion

Adducting the ankle

Ulnar deviation

Adduction of the wrist in the frontal plane

Pronation

Combined movements of abduction and eversion resulting in the lowering of the medial margin of the foot

Supination

Combined movements of adduction and inversion resulting in the raising of the medial margin of the foot

Opposition

Diagonal movement of the thumb across the palmar surface of the hand to make contact w the fifth digit

Plantarflexion

Extending the ankle so that the foot moves posteriorly in the sagittal plane

Dorsiflexion

Flexing the ankle so the foot moves anteriorly in the sagittal plane

Downward Rotation

Inferior and medial movement of the inferior angle of the scapula in the front plane

Lateral flexion

Movement away from the midline of the body in the frontal plane, usually used to describe neck and trunk movement

Horizontal abduction

Movement away from the midline of the body in the transverse plane, usually used to describe horizontal humerus movement when the shoulder is flexed at 90 degrees

Abduction

Movement away from the midline of the body, usually in the frontal plane

Protraction

Movement of the scapula away from the spine in the transverse plane

Depression

Movement of the scapula inferiorly in the frontal plane

Elevation

Movement of the scapula superiorly in the frontal plane

Retraction

Movement of the scapula toward the spine in the transverse plane

Flexion

Movement resulting in a decrease of the joint angle, usually moving anteriorly in the sagittal plane

Extension

Movement resulting in an increase in the joint angle, usually moving posteriorly in the sagittal plane

Horizontal adduction

Movement toward the midline of the body in the transverse plane, usually used to describe horizontal humerus movement when the shoulder is flexed at 90 degrees

Adduction

Movement toward the midline of the body, usually in the front plane

Joint Movement

Often described by its spatial movement pattern in relation to the body, typically in terms of anatomical position.

Rotation

Right of left rotation in the transverse plane, usually used to describe neck and trunk movement

External rotation

Rotation in the transverse plane away from the midline of the body

Internal rotation

Rotation in the transverse plane toward the midline of the body

Upward Rotation

Superior and lateral movement of the inferior angle of the scapula in the front plane