What’s the Difference Between Abduction and Adduction? (Biomechanics) (.PDF Download)

Dec. 21, 2015

In medicine and biomechanics, movements of limbs and other body parts toward or away from the center line of the body (a line that runs up and down the center of the human body) are termed adduction and abduction...

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