Movement Analysis Flashcards
What is the order for a First class lever?
Load, effort and fulcrum
Effort (muscle)
Fulcrum (joint)
Load (resistance/weight)
Give a sporting example of first class lever
Heading a football
What is the order of a second class lever?
Load,effort,fulcrum
Effort (muscle)
Load (weight/resistance)
Fulcrum (joint)
Give a sporting example of second class lever.
Jumping from the floor
What is the order of a third class lever?
Load,effort,fulcrum
Fulcrum (joint)
Effort (muscle)
Load (weight/resistance)
Give a sporting example of a third class lever.
Going onto tiptoes
Push-ups
List the 6 lever systems
Fulcrum = joint
Effort = muscle
Load/resistance = weight
1st class - fulcrum in the middle (eg neck)
2nd class - load in the middle (eg ankle)
3rd class - effort in the middle (eg elbow)
List the 3 planes of movement
Sagittal plane
Frontal plane
Transverse plane
What is sagittal plane of movement?
Divides the body into left and right.
What is frontal plane of movement?
Divides the body into front and back.
What is transverse plane of movement?
Divides the body into top and bottom
Movement in the sagittal plane
Flexion
Extension
Movement in the frontal plane
Abduction
Adduction
Movement in the transverse plane
Rotation
List the 3 axes of rotation
Frontal
Transverse
Longitudinal