2 DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION*. 



Information so obtained should always be supplemented by local 

 manipulation and by passive movement, such as flexion, extension, 

 abduction, adduction and rotation of the joints. 



A knowledge of the characteristics of normal movement in any given 

 joint, renders it comparatively easy to detect abnormality, such as 

 increased sensibility, articular crepitation or friction, and to diagnose 

 fractures with or without displacement, ruptures of tendons or 

 ligaments, etc. 



