E5 Types of movement Flashcards
What is hip flexion?
Reduces angle between…
(2 points)
Moving femur forward,
Thigh and the anterior torso
What is shoulder flexion?
1 point
Raising arm at shoulder joint
What is Hip extension?
Increasing angle between….
(2 point)
Moving femur backwards
Thigh and the anterior torso
What is Shoulder extension?
1 point
Lowering the arm at shoulder joint
What is dorsiflexion?
1 mark
Upward movement
e.g, moving the foot to pull the toes towards the knee in walking
What is plantarflexion?
1 point
Movement that points the toes downwards
What is lateral flexion?
1 point
Movement of bending sideways
e.g wrist
What is hyper-extension?
1 point
Movement beyond the anatomical position in direction opposite to flexion
(e.g the spine when a cricketer arches their back when bowling)
What is horizontal flexion?
(1 point)
What is horizontal extension?
Bending the elbow
Straightening the arm at the elbow
What is abduction?
1 point
Movement away from the body’s vertical midline
What is adduction?
1 point
Movement towards the body’s vertical midline
What is rotation?
2 points
Circular movement of a limb
Occurs at shoulder joint during tennis serve
What is circumduction?
1 point
Circular movement that results in a conical action
What is pronation?
2 points
Rotational movement where the hand and upper arm turned inwards
Foot is turned outwards at ankle
What is supination?
1 point
The forearm or palm is rotated outwards
