to abduct

Examples

• All

• Participants were placed in the supine position with the right arm abducted by approximately 60 degrees and comfortably placed on a support.

  Academic text (2014)

• Traumatic dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint usually results from indirect force on the anterior shoulder with the arm abducted.

  Academic text (2007)

• The leg muscles abduct when they're apart from each other.

  Fiction book (1994)

• "Forcibly abduct both extended lower limbs... so that the feet are 2 to 3 feet apart.

  Gross Anatomy (1989)

• Correction of equinus is not attempted until the foot can be fully abducted on the talus past neutral (Ponseti, 1996).

  Academic text (2005)

• Clinical examination of the rotator cuff involves palpating the rotator cuff area with the arm abducted and externally rotated.

  Academic text (2003)

• In addition, with the knee extended by the quadriceps, the sartorius can externally rotate and abduct the thigh, thus making swing-to gait difficult and increasing the risk of hitting the walker with the toes.

  Academic text (2001)

• In physical therapy, patients often practice to abduct their arms away from their bodies.

• To measure the shoulder's range of motion, the therapist will ask the patient to abduct their arm to the side.

• The doctor explained that the patient's ability to abduct their leg was crucial for rehabilitation.

Antonyms

A

to adduct

• Specialized

9.1

To move a body part toward the center of the body or toward another body part

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology