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circumduction /cir·cum·duc·tion/ (-duk´shun) circular movement of a limb or of the eye.
circumduction (sirˈ·k  m·dukˑ·shn),n cone-shaped movement of a limb that includes flexion, abduction, extension, and adduction. circumduction circular movement of a limb or of the eye. |
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Participants were found to have the following deviations: Trendelenburg gait (8%), trunk asymmetry (10%), leg circumduction (6%), hip hike (8%), knee hyperextension (3%), no heel-strike (7%), toe drag (13%), uneven step length (20%), and a noticeable limp not accounted for by one of the other deviations (12%). flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, elevation, depression, rotation, circumduction, etc. However, if subjects demonstrated compensatory strategies during walking (eg, hip circumduction during swing), therapists attempted to provide manual guidance to facilitate normal limb trajectories (eg, knee flexion assistance with reduced frontal-plane hip movement). |
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