Maneuver
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Maneuver, manoeuvre may be a synonym for strategy or tactic. It is the manipulation of a situation in order to gain some advantage.

Military or naval movement

  • Military exercise
    Military exercise
    A military exercise is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the effects of warfare or testing strategies without actual combat...

  • Maneuver warfare
    Maneuver warfare
    Maneuver warfare, or manoeuvre warfare , is the term used by military theorists for a concept of warfare that advocates attempting to defeat an adversary by incapacitating their decision-making through shock and disruption brought about by movement...

  • Military tactics
    Military tactics
    Military tactics, the science and art of organizing an army or an air force, are the techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. Changes in philosophy and technology over time have been reflected in changes to military tactics. In...

  • Military strategy
    Military strategy
    Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. Derived from the Greek strategos, strategy when it appeared in use during the 18th century, was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general", 'the art of arrangement' of troops...

  • Soldiers who act in their call of duty with remarkable swiftness, readiness, or speed are rewarded with a Manoeuvre Ribbon (no longer a U.S. Army-issued medal)

Skilled movement or procedure

  • Credé's maneuver
    Credé's maneuver
    The Credé's maneuver is a technique used to void urine from the bladder of an individual who, due to disease, cannot do so without aid. The Credé's maneuver is executed by holding manual pressure just over the anterior surface of the skin, where the bladder is located...

  • Gower's maneuver
  • Heimlich maneuver, abdominal thrusts to relieve choking
  • Gerson maneuver
  • Hapsberg Switch
  • Kocher maneuver
  • Leopold's maneuvers
    Leopold's maneuvers
    In obstetrics, Leopold's Maneuvers are a common and systematic way to determine the position of a fetus inside the woman's uterus; they are named after the gynecologist Christian Gerhard Leopold. They are also used to estimate term fetal weight....

  • McRoberts maneuver
    McRoberts maneuver
    The McRoberts maneuver is employed in case of shoulder dystocia during childbirth and involves hyperflexing the mother's legs tightly to her abdomen. This widens the pelvis, and flattens the spine in the lower back . If this maneuver does not succeed, an assistant applies pressure on the lower...

  • Müller's maneuver
    Müller's maneuver
    Müller's ManoeuvreAfter a forced expiration, an attempt at inspiration is made with closed mouth and nose, whereby the negative pressure in the chest and lungs is made very subatmospheric; the reverse of Valsalva manoeuvre....

  • Phalen's maneuver
    Phalen's maneuver
    Phalen's maneuver is a diagnostic test for carpal tunnel syndrome discovered by an American orthopedist named George S. Phalen.-Process:The patient is asked to hold their wrist in complete and forced flexion for 30–60 seconds. The lumbricals attach in part to the flexor digitorum profundus tendons...

  • Pringle manoeuvre
    Pringle manoeuvre
    The Pringle manoeuvre is a surgical manoeuvre used in some abdominal operations. A large haemostat is used to clamp the hepatoduodenal ligament interrupting the flow of blood through the hepatic artery and the portal vein and thus helping to control bleeding from the liver.Should bleeding though...

  • Sellick maneuver
  • Valsalva's maneuver
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