Deltoid Abduction of the shoulder (moving the arm ... its own axis A throwing action such as a javelin throw Pectorals Adduction of the shoulder (moving the arm towards the body); Shoulder ...

The thumb motions are flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction, opposition, rotation and apposition. All motions are customarily described as though the patient were erect ...

You don’t have to be a bodybuilder in training to have heard the terms “abduction” and “adduction.” These two words are pretty common in the fitness world and aren’t just jargon for ...

Results Although the general movement pattern at the shoulder girdle is qualitatively similar for the upper limb skills required by a variety of overhead sports, volleyball spiking and serving result ...

Objective: To determine if the combined isometric contractions of knee extension/hip adduction and knee extension/hip abduction will elicit a different quadriceps and gluteus medius electromyographic ...