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Functional Assessment and Kinesiology: Why Walking Is Controlled Falling

How physiotherapists describe movement, measure joints, strength, gait and balance, and turn findings into a picture of a person's real-life function.

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Functional Assessment and Kinesiology · 50 questions

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1. Nodding your head 'yes' happens mainly in which plane of motion?

  1. The sagittal plane
  2. The transverse plane
  3. The frontal plane
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Answer: The sagittal plane

The sagittal plane divides the body into left and right; flexion and extension movements like nodding occur within it.

2. Shaking the head 'no' is a rotation around which axis?

  1. A side-to-side axis
  2. An up-and-down axis
  3. A front-to-back axis
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Answer: An up-and-down axis

Rotation of the head occurs in the transverse plane around a vertical, or longitudinal, axis running through the neck.

3. The arm movement in a jumping jack occurs mainly in which plane?

  1. The transverse plane
  2. The sagittal plane
  3. The frontal plane
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Answer: The frontal plane

Raising the arms out to the side is abduction, which takes place in the frontal plane that divides front from back.

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