dorsiflexion

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Slide 21: 178) A 25 years old male complained of limitation of 181) The most effective ttt of sever Dupuytren's wrist movements, especially dorsiflexion, and contracture is: weakness of the hand, especially the grip. a. Repeated stretching and night splintage.

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  1. Movement toward the dorsum, as in approximation of the toes to the anterior surface of the leg. Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc. (London), ser. B., 1893, p. 48.

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  1. Latin dorsum, back, + flexio(n-), bonding.
 

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