Question

What is arm abduction?

Answer 1

• As we know that abduction is the movement of an appendage or the limb that is away from the midline of the body.
• The arm abduction is produced by supraspinatus and middle fibers.
• It is the motion of the arms.
• That is away from the body within the plane of the sagittal plane.
• It represents arm movement away from the midline. it can be obtained to 160-180 degrees.