Closed reduction by reversal of the injuring forces is often successful for those abduction-external rotation injuries in which the medial malleolar fracture is below the level of the plafond ...

These six movements are respectively hip flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, external rotation and internal rotation. Hip flexion is when the angle of the hip decreases, meaning your knee ...

It accomplishes this by the following two roles: facilitating general glenohumeral joint stability through humeral head depression and by stabilization in abduction/external rotation motions ...

He had a 10 year history of episodic left shoulder symptoms. Clinical examination showed acute pain on attempted shoulder abduction, external rotation, and extension. Passive abduction and external ...

He added that a comparison of the injured to uninjured limbs showed a “small limitation in strength” with an 8% loss in external rotation strength and an 11% drop in abduction endurance strength.

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 ...