4.2 Joint and Movement Type

Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, pronation, supination, elevation, depression, rotation, circumduction, dorsi flexion, plantar flexion, eversion and inversion

Cuts the body front from back

Cuts the body left from right

Cuts the body top to bottom

Going from front to back

Going from left to right

Going from top to bottom

Closing of the joint angle around the transverse axis at the joint

Opening of a joint angle around the transverse axis at the joint

Opening of the joint angle around the anteroposterior axis at the joint

Closing of the joint angle around the anteroposterior axis at the joint

The anterior surface of the moving bone moves towards the medial (inside) aspect of the body

The anterior surface of the moving bone moves towards the lateral (outside) aspect of the body

Medial rotation of the radioulnar joint (not wrist joint) or foot

Lateral rotation of the radioulnar joint (not wrist joint)

Movement in a superior direction

Movement in a inferior direction

Moving around an axis

Circling of a body segment Commonly occurs at: shoulder, hip, wrist, ankle, thumb - means it requires at least a biaxial joint

Flexion of the ankle joint (move the foot up and down in the sagittal plane)

Extension of the ankle joint

Movement of the sole of the foot away from the median plane

Movement of the sole towards the median plane

Isotonic, isometric, isokinetic, concentric and eccentric