Week 2 (Test 1) Flashcards
Proximal
- toward the trunk of the body, to the point or origin
Ipsilateral
- Same side
Contralateral
- Opposite side
Coronal/ Frontal Plane
- Passing Longitudinally through body from one side to the other diving the body into ANTERIOR and POSTERIOR portions
Sagittal Plane
- Passing Longitudinally through the body from front to back and dividing it into the RIGHT and LEFT portions
Transverse/ Horizontal Plane
- Passing HORIZONTALLY through the body dividing the it into UPPER and LOWER portions
Axis
- Imaginary line about which motions occur
- In reference position, axes are PERPENDICULAR to the ANATOMIC PLANE!!!
Anterior- Posterior Axis
- Runs PERPENDICULAR to the CORONAL/ FRONTAL Plane (Divides the front half and the back half)
- SIDEBENDING Left/ Right
Transverse Axis (Right-Left Axis)
- Runs PERPENDICULAR to the SAGITTAL PLANE (Divides the Right Half and Left Half)
- FLEXION (Forward Bending) and EXTENSION (Backward Bending)
Longitudinal Axis (Superior- Inferior Axis)
- Runs PERPENDICULAR to the TRANSVERSE PLANE (divides the Top Half and Bottom Half)
- ROTATION (Circular or twisting)
Gravitational Line
- Viewing patient from the side, an Imaginary line in a CORONAL PLANE which starts at:
1) Slightly Anterior to the LATERAL MALLEOLUS
2) Passes across the LATERAL CONDYLE of the KNEE
3) The GREATER TROCHANTER
4) Through the LATERAL HEAD of the HUMERUS at the Top of the Shoulder
5) To the EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS
6) If the plane is through the BODY, would intersect BODY of THIRD LUMBAR VERTEBRA (L3 or L2)
7) And ANTERIOR 1/3 of SACRUM
Posture
- Postion of the body distribution of body mass in relation to gravity
- Ideal posture and alignment in relation to the Gravitational Line
- Static/ Structural Symmetry
- Dynamic/ Functional
Postural Compensation
- Occurs in all THREE PLANES of Body Motion to keep the body balanced and eyes level
- The result of HOMEOSTATIC mechanisms working through the ENTIRE BODY unit to MAXIMIZE FUNCTIOn
- The CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM prioritizes vision and Balance Functions, while Spinal Compensation involved PROPRIOCEPTION from TENDONS and MUSCLES as well as Vestibular Information from the SEMICIRCULAR CANALS and integrates this info with the INFORMATION from the Eyes
Postural Compensation
- Structural compensation allows function even with Musculoskeletal imbalances
- Compensation
1) Genetic
2) Traume
3) Habitual Activity
Postural Decompensation
- Distribution of Body mass away from IDEAL when POSTURAL HOMEOSTATIC mechanisms are OVERWHELMED, occurs in all Planes
- FAILURE of the BODY to ALIGN
- Which plane is Affected?
- CORORNAL: Scoliosis
- HORIZONTAL: Rotation
- SAGITTAL: Kyphosis/ Lordosis
Kyphosis
- Normal AP curve of the THORACIC Spine with CONCAVITY ANTERIORLY and CONVEXITY POSTERIORLY
- Degree can vary with age, POSTURAL HABITS, and OSTEOPOROSIS. Can be exaggerated
Lordosis
- Normal ANTEIOR CONVEXITY in the CURVATURE of the LUMBAR and CERVICAL SPINE as viewed from the side
- Degree can vary. Can be exaggerated
Scoliosis
- Lateral curvature in the CORONAL/ Frontal plane can create a C or S shaped deviation
Kypholordotic
- Head forward
- Exaggerated Kyphosis/ Lordosis
- Ant Pelvic Shift
- Abdomen Anterior
- Hips slightly Flexed