emphasizes bending the elbow to bring the forearm closer to the upper arm, making it an extension-focused movement. If you’re ever unsure, keep this simple maxim in mind: flexion is forward and ...

Ball and socket joints also allow flexion and extension. Flexion of the shoulder joint occurs when the humerus (upper arm) moves forwards from the rest of the body, which happens at the end of an ...

In 1999, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) recommended bedside flexion/extension (F/E) fluoroscopy for patients with severe TBI who have normal results on three-view ...

Deltoid Abduction of the shoulder (moving the arm outwards and away from the body ... the arm towards the body); Shoulder horizontal flexion (moving the arms forwards in front of the body ...