University of Scranton - Department of Physical Therapy
Edmund M. Kosmahl, PT, EdD
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FRONTAL PLANE

Shoulder abduction occurs in the frontal (coronal) plane about an axis that runs anterior to posterior through the center of the head of the humerus. 

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