Sports Medicine Movement Terms

Turning away from the midline.

• Abduction

• Supination

• Inversion

• Eversion

The movement of a body part away from the middle of the body.

• Adduction

• Abduction

• Protraction

• Supine

Rotating a joint inward.

• Prone

• Extension

• Adduction

• Inversion

The movement of a body part toward the middle of the body.

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Extension

• Flexion

Rotating a joint outward.

• Protraction

• Inversion

• Eversion

• Flexion

The bending forward of the wrist so as to create a decreased angle between the palm and the inner surface of the forearm.

• Palmar flexion

• Flexion

• Plantar flexion

• Retraction

Movement of a joint toward the dorsal aspect.

• Extension

• Supine

• Dorsiflexion

• Plantar flexion

Shoulder blades move posteriorly and medially.

• Flexion

• Pronation

• Retraction

• Protraction

The movement that results in an increased angle between two bones, or straightening of a body part.

• Adduction

• Extension

• Abduction

• Supination

The movement that results in a decreased angle between two bones, or bending a body part.

• Flexion

• Dorsiflexion

• Adduction

• Eversion