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circumduction [‚sər·kəm′dək·shən] (anatomy) Movement of the distal end of a body part in the form of an arc; performed at ball-and-socket and saddle joints. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Participants were found to have the following deviations: Trendelenburg gait (8%), trunk asymmetry (10%), leg circumduction (6%), hip hike (8%), knee hyperextension (3%), no heel-strike (7%), toe drag (13%), uneven step length (20%), and a noticeable limp not accounted for by one of the other deviations (12%). flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, elevation, depression, rotation, circumduction, etc. However, if subjects demonstrated compensatory strategies during walking (eg, hip circumduction during swing), therapists attempted to provide manual guidance to facilitate normal limb trajectories (eg, knee flexion assistance with reduced frontal-plane hip movement). |
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