Retropulsion most often occurs when you are trying to reach for something higher than sholder level.
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Retropulsion most often occurs when you are trying to reach for something higher than sholder level.
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For patients prone to retropulsion, wearing shoes with high heels may diminish or prevent the backward stepping.
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Pretreating rats with α-methyl-ρ-tyrosine (30 mg/kg i.p. at -4 h) to interrupt the synthesis of catecholamines antagonized pivoting and retropulsion induced by levallorphan (50 mg/kg i.p.) (WRAY 1973) but, surprisingly, not lateral head movements and pivoting elicited by cyclazocine (3 mg/kg s.c.) (BUCKETT and SHAW 1975).
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Retropulsion of the eye slackens the rectus muscle and, if forced ductions improve with retropulsion, then the restriction is secondary to a tight rectus muscle.
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