Movemnets Of Joints Flashcards
What is flexion
Angle of a joint decreases
What joints does flexion occur at
Hinge
Ball and socket
Condyloid
Example in sport for using flexion
Flexion at the knee when a player is preparing to kick a football
The lower part of your leg gets closed to the upper part
As the angle at the joint decreases
What is extension
When the angle at the joint increases
What joint does extension occur in
Hinge
Ball and socket
Condyloid
Example in sport for using extension
At the knee when following through after kicking a football
The lower part of your leg gets further away from the upper part
As the angle at the joint increases
What is the main range of movement possible at the knee joint
The range of movement at the knee joint is flexion to extension
Identify the joint action needed to bend the batting arm at the elbow to move into position
Flexion
What is abduction
The movement of limb away from the midline of the body
What is Adduction
The movement of a limb towards the midline of the body
What is rotation
When the bone at a joint moves around it’s own axis, so making small a circular movement
What is circumduction
Movement in the shape of a cone
360 degree movement
What is plantarflexion
The foot moving down when you point your toes
What is Doris flexion
Movement of the foot upwards towards the shin
What joints does abduction occur at
Ball and socket joints
What joints does adduction occur at
Ball and socket
What joints does rotation occur at
Ball and socket
Pivot
What joints does circumduction occur at
Ball and socket
Condyloid
Where does plantar flexion occur
Ankle which is a hinge joint
Where does Doris flexion occur
Ankle - hinge joint
Abduction example in sport
The shoulder when reaching out sideways to intercept a netball
Adduction example in sport
The hip in crossover leg action when throwing a javelin
The leg comes back towards the midline of the body
Rotation example in sport
At the shoulder when swimming front-crawl
Circumduction example in sport
The shoulder when preforming the butterfly in swimming
Plantar flexion example in sport
At the ankle in trampolining for a pencil jump
Or when diving is swimming
Example Doris flexion in sport
At the ankle of the leading leg to jump over the hurdle
Identify the range of movement at the shoulder during a star jump
Adduction
Abduction
Explain how the joint at the ankle in the image shown assists the volleyball player in their sport
Picture is a player jumping with arm reaching to attack ball
Plantar flexion is occurring at the ankle
This will allow player to use her toes to push off from the ground to gain greater height
