Intro to Mobility, Transfers

Question 1

What are the 4 fundamentals of progressive mobility?

Answer 1

• dependence to independence
• as much as possible, as normally as possible
• control centrally, direct distally
• stability to mobility

Question 2

What is an external force?

Answer 2

A force that acts on the body which originates from outside the body

Ex: gravity, friction

Question 3

What is an internal force?

Answer 3

A force that acts on the body which originates from inside the body

Question 4

What are the 7 types of loads/loading?

Answer 4

• tension
• compressive
• distractive
• shear
• bending
• torsion
• combined

Question 5

What is base of support?

Answer 5

The contact area of an object with its supporting surface

Question 6

What is static stability?

Answer 6

Property of maintaining and controlling the body’s orientation in space, usually keeping the center of mass within the base of support

Question 7

What is stabilization?

Answer 7

The ability to hold one attachment site while allowing the other attachment site to move

Question 8

What is controlled mobility?

Answer 8

When the center of mass intentionally moves beyond the base of support and then back within the base of support

Question 9

What is an open kinetic chain?

Answer 9

The distal segment is free to move in relation to the proximal segment

Question 10

What is a closed kinetic chain?

Answer 10

The distal segment is stabilized and the proximal segment moves in relation to it