Glossary

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  • Purposeful movement

    Motor activity requiring the planned and consciously directed involvement of the patient. It is hypothesized that evoking cortical involvement in movement patterns during sensorimotor rehabilitation will enhance the development of coordination and voluntary control.  

  • Physiological movement

    A movement normally executed by muscles under voluntary control (e.g., flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, and rotation). It is also known as physiological motion.  

  • Pendular movement

    Swaying movements of the intestines caused by rhythmic contractions of the longitudinal muscles of the walls of the intestines.  

  • Orthodontic movement

    Movement of teeth and bone produced by orthodontic appliances.  

  • Molecular movement

    The rotational, translational, and vibrational movement of molecules, primarily as a function of temperature. The higher the temperature, the greater the movement (i.e., the greater the kinetic energy).  

  • Masticatory movement

    One of the movements of the jaw that results in the cutting and grinding of food. It may involve unilateral chewing, alternating bilateral chewing according to the learned automatic pattern of activity, or consciously initiated movements.  

  • Independent living movement

    A collective term for societal programs that support a philosophy of full participation, self-reliance, and social integration of people with functional impairment. Emphasis on self-help, environmental accessibility, freedom of choice, and programs to enable community living characterize this movement.  

  • Hinge movement

    Movement in a joint around a transverse axis, as occurs in the lower compartment of the temporomandibular joints at the beginning of jaw opening when the occluding teeth are separated or in the final stage of wide opening of the mouth.  

  • Gliding movement

    Movement of one surface over another without angular or rotatory movement, as well. This type of movement occurs in the temporomandibular joint after opening when the condyles and disks move forward, as in protrusion of the jaw.  

  • Circus movement

    A phenomenon appearing after injury to a corpus striatum, optic thalamus, or crus cerebri, and causing an odd circular gait.