Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...

The shoulder and hip joints are both ball and socket joints. A ball and socket joint is a type of synovial joint that allows movement in almost every direction. A ball and socket joint is made up ...

This occurs when the angle of a joint increases, for example the elbow when throwing a shot put. The take-off knee extends when a high-jumper takes off (the other knee is flexed). Ball and socket ...

Place your hands behind you, maintaining a 90-degree bend in your hip, to create more stability. Peel your legs off the floor ...

The hip, which is a ball-and-socket joint at the upper thigh bone, is most likely to be fractured at its uppermost portion, known as the femoral neck. Over 300,000 people per year sustain hip ...

Aleksej / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers the common problem of shoulder pain.   Many people will suffer ...

THINK Surgical, Inc., an innovator in the field of orthopedic surgical robots, today announced the successful first use of Medacta International's GMK Sphere® Medially Stabilized Knee utilizing the ...