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circumduction
Movement of a body part in a circular direction, especially an extremity, as in outward swing of leg in semicircle from hip
Etiology:
- hemiplegia, hemiparesis
- stroke
Clinical manifestations:
- circumduction may be observed associated with
a) muscle weakness
b) spasticity
c) equinovarus
d) genu recurvatum
General
gait ataxia
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 7th edition
Parada JT et al (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2010
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8)
Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2013