Reclination
Reclination (from Latin reclinare , 'to lean back' ) is a medical term. He describes
- in medicine generally backward leaning z. B. the head or the upper body
- Backward bending in orthopedics and backward bending in reclination treatment.
Reclination of the upper body (movement)
The upper body leans forward and backward mainly in the lumbar spine . This is related to the position of the articular surfaces of the vertebral joints. The opposite movement is called inclination . Other movements of the upper body are lateral flexion and rotation .
See also
literature
- Dietrich Hohmann: Orthopedic technology . Georg Thieme, 2005, ISBN 978-3-13-135929-2 , p. 228 ( limited preview in Google Book search).