Mid-Term Study Guide Flashcards
(179 cards)
Perfect posture - Anterior view
If the client was in perfect postural balance, the plumb line would fall: midway between medial malleoli; midway between knees; pubic symphysis; umbilicus; sternal notch; chin; nose; eyes.
Perfect posture - Lateral view
If the client was in perfect postural balance, the plumb line would fall: just anterior to the lateral malleolus; just anterior to head of fibula; greater trochanter; acromion process; external auditory meatus.
Perfect posture - Posterior view
If the client was in perfect postural balance, the plumb line would fall: midway between medial malleoli; midway between knees; gluteal cleft; in line with vertebrae; midway through external occipital protuberance.
Faulty Posture - Head
Chin up too high.
Head protruding forward.
Head tilted or rotated to one side.
Good Posture - Head
Head erect and well balanced.
Faulty Posture - Shoulders and Arms
Holding the arms stiffly.
Palms of hands face backward.
One shoulder higher than the other.
Both shoulders hiked up.
One or both shoulders drooping forward or sloping.
Shoulders rotated either clockwise or counter-clockwise.
Scapulae pulled back too hard.
Scapulae too far apart.
Winged scapula
Good Posture - Shoulders and Arms
Arms hang relaxed at the sides with palms of the hands facing toward the body.
Elbows are slightly bent, so forearms hang slightly forward.
Shoulders are level
Scapulae lie flat against the rib cage, neither too close together nor too wide apart.
Faulty Posture - Chest
Depressed, or “hollow-chest” position.
Lifted and held up too high, brought about by arching the back.
Ribs more prominent on one side than the other.
Lower ribs flaring out or protruding.
Good Posture - Chest
Chest is slightly up and forward (while the back remains in good alignment).
Chest half-way between exhaling and inhaling.
Faulty Posture - Abdomen
Entire abdomen protrudes.
Lower part of the abdomen protrudes while the upper part is pulled in.
Good Posture - Abdomen
In young children up to about age 10, the abdomen normally protrudes somewhat. In older children and adults, it should be flat.
Faulty Posture - Spine and Pelvis Lateral View
The low back arches forward too much (lordosis).
The normal forward curve of the low back has straightened out (flat back).
Increased backward curve in the upper back (kyphosis or round upper back).
Increased forward curve in the neck.
Lateral curve of the spine (scoliosis); toward one side (C-curve), toward both sides (S-curve).
Good Posture - Spine and Pelvis Lateral View
The front of the pelvis and the thighs are in a straight line.
The buttocks are not prominent in back but instead slope slightly downward.
The spine has four natural curves. In the neck and lower back, the curve is forward, and in the upper back and lowest part of the spine (sacral region), it is backward.
Faulty Posture - Spine and Pelvis Posterior View
One hip is higher than the other (lateral pelvic tilt).
The hips are rotated so that one is farther forward than the other (clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation).
Good Posture - Spine and Pelvis Posterior View
Body weight is even on both feet, and the hips are level.
Faulty Posture - Knees and Legs
Knees touch when feet are apart (genu valgum).
Knees are apart when feet touch (genu varum).
Knee curves slightly backward (hyperextended knee) (genu recurvatum).
Knee bends slightly forward, that is, it is not as straight as it should be (flexed knee).
Patellae face slightly toward each other (medially rotated femurs).
Patellae face slightly outward (laterally rotated femurs).
Good Posture - Knees and Legs
Legs are straight up and down.
Patellae face straight ahead when feet are in good position.
Looking at the knees from the side the knees are straight
Faulty Posture - Feet
Low longitudinal arch or flatfoot.
Low metatarsal arch usually indicated by calluses under the ball of the foot.
Weight borne on the inner side of the foot (pronation).”Ankle rolls in.”
Weight borne on the outer border the foot (supination). “Ankle rolls out.”
Toeing-out while walking or while standing in shoes with heels (“outflared” or “slue-footed”).
Toeing-in while walking or standing (“pigeon-toed”)
Good Posture - Feet
In standing, the longitudinal arch has the shape of a half dome.
Barefoot or in shoes without heels the feet toe-out slightly.
In shoes with heels, feet are parallel.
Faulty Posture - Toes
Toes bend up at the first joint and down at middle and end joints so that the weight rests on the tips of the toes (hammer toes).
Big toe slants inward toward the midline of the foot (hallus valgus).
Good Posture - Toes
Toes should be straight, that is, neither curled downward nor bent upward.
They should extend forward in line with the foot and not be squeezed together or overlap.
Define walking
One foot is always in contact with the ground and within a cycle, there are two periods of single-leg support and two periods of double-leg support.
Define running
There is a period of time during which neither foot is in contact with the ground, a period called “double float.”
How is a normal gait cycle viewed?
From the perspective on one foot OR the other