1. TERMINOLOGY OF JOINT MOVEMENT
Nuria Manrique Morá

2. Terminology of joint movement
It is necessary to establish the correct terminology to describe the diverse joint movements.

3. Joint movements Flexion Extension Lateral flexion Abduction Adduction
Rotation
Circumduction
Hyperextension

4. FLEXION
The movement in which two body parts with common articulation bend toward each other.

5. Truck flexion

6. Elbow flexion

7. Shoulder flexion

8. Hip flexion

9. Ankle flexion or dorsiflexion

10. Knee flexion

11. EXTENSION
The movement in which two body parts with common articulation extend away from each other

12. Trunk extension

13. Elbow extension

14. Shoulder extension

15. Hip extension

16. Knee extension

17. Ankle extension or Plantar flexion

18. LATERAL FLEXION
The lateral movements of the torso and head in the frontal plane.

19. Lateral neck flexion

20. Lateral trunck flexion

21. ABDUCTION (separation)
The lateral movements of the body part away from the vertical axis of the torso.

22. Hip abduction

23. Shoulder abduction

24. ADDUCTION (approximation)
The lateral movement that pulls a body part toward the vertical axis of the torso.

25. Hip adduction

26. Shoulder adduction

27. Rotation
The movement in which a body part turn around its vertical axis.

28. Hip flexion combined with external rotation of the right hip

29. Hip flexion combined with the internal rotation of the right hip