orthokinetics

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orthokinetics

[-kinet′iks]

Etymology: Gk, orthos, straight, kinesis, movement

1 a therapy for hypertrophic osteoarthritis in which an effort is made to change muscular action from one group to another to protect a joint.

2 a therapy for spasticity that uses an orthotic device to enable contraction of one muscle while inhibiting its antagonist.

3 the movement of microscopic particles in the same direction during sedimentation as a result of the effect of gravity on Brownian motion.

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