PATHFIT 2 Flashcards
It is the “movement that moves around the axis of the body (the spine) rather than movement which takes the body through space.”
Non-Locomotor Movement
It is an attached movement. It stays in one place.
Non-Locomotor Movement
bend-straighten, twist-turn, swing-rock, push-pull, curl-stretch, and
rise-fall
Basic Non-Locomotor Movement
These are basic movements that are performed while in contact with the ground.
Non-Locomotor Abilities
They require well planned instructional and practice opportunities to be mastered by children, and are associated with many benefits to the developing child.
Non-Locomotor Abilities
They are essential body movements that do not include traveling. They are stability abilities that include movements of limbs or body parts, and sometimes even the whole body.
Non-Locomotor Abilities
Non-Locomotor Abilities are sometimes referred to as _______, as in ‘revolving around an axis.
axial movements
It is a pendular(moving or swinging back and forth) motion of a body part that can move forward and backward or side to side.
Swing
Is a partial rotation of body parts around an axis
Twist
Is a full rotation of the body around a vertical or horizontal. Full, half or quarter turns
Turn
It is a short quick vibrating movement in a body part or the whole body.
Shake
It is a flex of a body part at a joint.
Bend
Extending a body part or the whole body
Stretch
A small or big, fast or slow curvy movement of a body part or the whole body.
Wiggle
To shift of the body weight forward, backward, side to side or in a circular pathway
Rock/Sway
