When Does Circumduction Occur?
Flexion and Extension Are a Pair of Opposites; Abduction and Adduction Are a Pair of Opposites. Circumduction – This Is Where the Limb Moves in a Circle. This...
Flexion and extension are a pair of opposites; abduction and adduction are a pair of opposites. Circumduction – this is where the limb moves in a circle. This occurs at the shoulder joint during an overarm tennis serve or cricket bowl.
How does circumduction occur?
Circumduction is the movement of the limb, hand, or fingers in a circular pattern, using the sequential combination of flexion, adduction, extension, and abduction motions. Adduction/abduction and circumduction take place at the shoulder, hip, wrist, metacarpophalangeal, and metatarsophalangeal joints.
Which movements produce circumduction?
Circumduction is the orderly combination of shoulder movements so that the hand traces a circle and the arm traces a cone. In order it is produced by shoulder flexion, abduction, extension and abduction (or the reverse).
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