Pronation / Supination

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• is the motion that occurs at the subtalar joint.

• is the motion that occurs at the midtarsal joint.

• occurs around an oblique axis.

• is a triplanar movement, not a triaxial movement.
  that is, some component of joint movement is visible in each of the three reference planes, around each of the three principle axes.

	supination	pronation
frontal plane	adduction	abduction
sagittal plane	plantar flexion	dorsiflexion
transverse plane (cross-section of foot)	inversion	eversion

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Last updated 7-7-99 Dave Thompson PT
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