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| moving away from the midline |
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| moving toward the midline |
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| movement in which a limb is placed in a straight position, increasing the angle between the bone and joint |
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| movement in which a limb is bent. decreasing the angle between the bone and joint |
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| movement that turns the palm down |
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| movement that turns the palm up |
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| turning around its own axis |
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| form of arthritis that first affects the spine and adjacent structures, as it progresses, causes a forward bend of the spine (aka Strumpell-Marie arthritis or rheumatoid spondylitis) |
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| abnormal prominence of the joint at the base of the great toe; often hereditary or caused by poorly fitted shoes (aka hallux valgus) |
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| carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) |
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| common nerve entrapment disorder of the wrist caused by compression of the median nerve |
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| type of wrist fracture at the distal end of the radius, the distal fragment being displaced backward |
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| abnormal benign growth on the surface of a bone (aka spur) |
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| disease in which an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood causes sodium urate crystals (tophi) to be deposited on the joints, producing arthritis |
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| rupture of the intervertebral disk cartilage, allowing contents to protrude through it- putting pressure on the spinal nerve roots (aka slipped or ruptured disk, herniated intervertebral disk or herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP)) |
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| an infection caused by a bacterium (Borrelia burgadorferi) carried by deer ticks and transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick; symptoms, caused by the body's immune response to the bacteria, vary and may include rash at the site of the bite and flulike symptoms |
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| group of hereditary diseases characterized by degeneration of muscle and weakness |
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| chroninc disease characterized by muscle weakness and thought to be caused by a defect in the transmission of impulses from nerve to muscle cell |
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| abnormal loss of bone density that may lead to an increase in fractures of the ribs, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, hips and wrists after slight trauma (occurs predominately in postmenopausal women) |
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| inflammation of the plantar fascia, connective tissue of the sole of the foot, due to repetetive injury |
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| rheumatoid arthritis (RA) |
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| chronic systemic disease characterized by autoimmune inflammatory changes in the connective tissue throughout the body |
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| narrowing of the spinal canal with compression of nerve roots; is either congenital or due to spinal degeneration; symptoms are pain radiating to the thigh or lower legs and numbness or tingling in the lower extremities |
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| forward slipping of one vertebrae over another |
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