Biomechanics Flashcards
(36 cards)
Primary focus of S&E biomechanics?
Improve performance and reduce injury.
What is the study of time and space characteristics of movement called?
Kinematics.
Proximal?
Situated closer to the point of attachment.
Superior?
Toward the head of the body.
Lateral?
Away from the midline of the body.
Ulna?
Long bone in the forearm that stretches from the elbow to the smallest finger.
Radius?
Long bone in the forearm that stretches from the elbow to the thumb.
Sagittal plane?
Splits body into two symmetrical sides.
Hyperextension?
Joint forced to move beyond its normal range of motion.
Lateral flexion?
Movement of a body part to the side, commonly associated with the neck & spine.
Flexion?
Decreasing the angle at a joint.
Extension?
Increasing the angle at a joint.
Inferior?
Further from the head.
Circumduction?
Combines flexion, extension, adduction and abduction.
Shoulder movement whereby the hand traces a circle and the arm traces a cone.
Frontal plane?
Splits the body into front and back halves.
Longitudinal axis?
Line drawn through the body from top to bottom.
Oblique plane?
Any plane which isn’t horizontal/vertical.
Vertical planes?
Sagittal plane.
Frontal Plane.
Horizontal plane?
Splits the body into top and bottom halves.
Anteroposterior axis?
Line through the middle of the body from the from to the back.
Mediolateral axis?
Line through the middle of the body from side to side.
Plantar flexion?
When the top of your foot points away from your leg.
Supination?
Turning your palm to face upward.
Pronation?
Turning your palm to face downward.
