Chapter 7 Flashcards
Functional Assessments, Posture, Movement, Core, Balance and Flexibility
What are activities of daily living?
Activities normally performed for hygiene, bathing, household chores, walking, shopping, and similar activities.
What are reactive forces?
Forces that oppose an initial active force.
Example: ground reaction forces occur at the foot when it comes in contact with the ground during running
What are gravity based forces?
Forces that act on an object (such as the body) related to the gravitational pull of the earth.
Define posture:
The arrangement of the body and its limbs
What are type I muscle fibers?
Also known as slow twitch muscle fibers
A muscle fiber type designed to use of aerobic glycolysis and fatty acid oxidation, recruited for low-intensity, longer duration activities such as walking and swimming
Muscle Imbalances Associated with Kyphosis-Lordosis Posture - Facilitated/Hypersonic (Shortened) Muscles
Hip Flexors (Lordosis) Lumbar Extensors (Lordosis) Anterior chest/shoulders (Kyphosis) Latissimus dorsi (Lordosis) Neck extensors (Kyphosis)
Muscle Imbalances Associated with Kyphosis-Lordosis Posture - Inhibited (Lengthened) Muscles
Hip Extensors (Lordosis) External Obliques (Lordosis) Upper-back extensors (Kyphosis) Scapula stabilizers (Lordosis) Neck Flexors (Kyphosis)
Muscle Imbalances Associated with Flat-back Posture Facilitated/Hypertonic (Shortened)
Rectus Abdominus
Upper-back Extensors
Neck Extensors
Ankle plantar flexors
Muscle Imbalances Associated with Flat-back Posture Inhibited (Lengthened)
Iliacus/psoas major
Internal oblique
Lumbar Extensors
Neck flexors
Muscle Imbalances Associated with Sway-back Posture Facilitated/Hypertonic (Shortened)
Hamstrings
Upper fiber of posterior obliques
Lumbar Extensors
Neck Extensors
Muscle Imbalances Associated with Sway-back Posture Inhibited (Shortened)
Iliacus/psoas major Rectus Femoris External Oblique Upper-back extensors Neck flexors
What is neuromuscular efficiency?
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow muscles to produce movement and muscles that provide stability to work together synergistically as an integrated functional unit
What is hypertonicity?
Aka Hypertonic - having extreme muscular tension
Correctable factors for muscle Imbalances and posture deviations
Repetitive movements (muscular pattern overload)
Awkward positions and movements (habitually poor posture)
Side dominance
Lack of joint stability
Lack of joint mobility
Imbalanced strength-training programs
Non- correctible factors for muscule imbalance and postural deviations
Congenitial conditions (eg scoliosis)
Some pathologies (eg rheumatoid arthritis)
Structural deviations (eg tibial or femoral torsion or femoral anteversion)
Certain types of trauma (eg surgery, injury, amputation)
Define stability:
A characteristic of the body’s joints or posture that represents resistance to change of position
Define Mobility:
The degree to which an articulation is allowed to move before being restricted by surrounding tissues
What is the frontal plane?
A longitudinal section that runs at a right angle to the saggital plane, dividing the body into the anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions.
AKA the Coronal Plane
What is the saggital plane?
The loginitudal plane that divides the body into right and left portions.
Define “line of gravity” (LOG)
A theoretical vertical line passing through the center of gravity, dissecting the body into two hemispheres.
Define “scope of practice”
The range and limit of responsibilities normally associated with a specific job or profession
Key components in posture and movement assessments
Client History
- health history
- lifestyle information
Visual and manual observation
Define”external rotation”
Outward turning about the vertical axis of a bone
What is pronation?
Forearm: Internal rotation of the forearm causing the radius to to cross diagonally over the ulna and the palm.of the hand to face posteriorly
Foot: Flattening of the arch of the foot, by where the tibia and fewer are internally rotated
What is supination?
Forearm: external rotation of the forearm (radioulnar joint) that causes the palm to face anteriorly
Foot: high arches or heightening of the arches, by which can cause external rotation of the tibia and femur
What is platar flexion?
Distill movement of the plantar surface of the foot; opposite of dorsiflexion
Extending the foot downward
Define “gait”
The manner or style of walking
Name the 5 Posture Deviations
1) Ankle Pronation/Supination
2) Hip Adduction
3) Pelvic Tilting (Anterior or Posterior)
4) Shoulder Position and the Thoracic Spine
5) Head Position
In what direction is adduction?
Movement toward the midline of the body…
You’re “adding” to the body
When a hip is ADDucted in which direction are the hips tilted?
ADDucted hip is elevated and usually shifted in the direction of the elevated hip
Shortened hip flexors causes the pelvis to tilt in what direction?
Anterior or towards the front
The superior, anterior portion of the pelvis rotates downward and forward