You don’t have to be a bodybuilder in training to have heard the terms “abduction” and “adduction.” These two words are ...

Ball and socket joints also allow types of movement called abduction, adduction, rotation and circumduction. Abduction – movement away from the midline of the body. This occurs at the hip and ...

amh.regionh.dk Background Eccentric hip adduction and abduction strength plays an important role in the treatment and prevention of groin injuries in soccer players. Lower extremity strength deficits ...

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 ...

Abduction – movement away from the midline of the body. This occurs at the hip and shoulder joints during a jumping jack movement. Adduction – movement towards the midline of the body.

The critical movements of the talus are external rotation, abduction, adduction, and axial compression, all of which occur more often in combination than in isolation (Fig 6). The combination of ...