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MOVEMENT
JOINT EFFORT
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MUSCLE
MEMORY
KINESIOLOGY
MISC
100

You ask your client to move their shoulder downwards. What joint movement are you asking your client to perform?

What is depression?

100

A massage therapist is working with a patient who has sustained a sprain to the L4-5 region of the spine. What type of joint is involved?

What is a gliding joint?

100

Lateral flexion of the trunk occurs in the ________ plane.

What is the frontal plane?

100

Fill in the blank: _______________ are white, anaerobic muscle fibers that fatigue comparatively quickly.

What are fast-twitch fibers?

100

Becky is flexing and extending her wrist with her eyes closed. Becky's ability to sense that her wrist is changing position is called:  

What is proprioception?

200

Starting from a neutral anatomical position, a person lifts their hand out in front of them. Which of the following has occurred?

What is flexion?

200

Which of the following best describes the movement of a hinge joint?

What is one direction?

200

Which of the following joints has movement in two planes?

What is a saddle joint?

200

A client has significant tenderness along the majority of the sternum and clavicle. Assuming this is not referred pain, which muscle is most likely to be involved?

What is the Pectoralis Major?

200

What feature of muscle characteristics describes the muscle's ability to shorten?

What is contractibility?

300

A massage therapist is working with a client who has an overuse injury to the gastrocnemius. Repeated movements in which motion most likely caused this injury?

What is plantar flexion?

300

Which diarthrotic joint has convex on concave articulations?

What is a saddle joint?

300


In which plane does the motion of abduction occur?



What is the frontal or coronal plane?
300

Which of the following best describes a muscle spasm?

Fixed resistance to passive stretching

Involuntary series of muscle contractions


Sudden, painful onset of a muscle contraction

Spasmodic twitching of a muscle


What is sudden, painful onset of muscle contraction?

300


The amount of natural movement that a joint is capable of is known as what?



What is Range of Motion?

400

What joint movement is taking place when someone points their foot to the floor?

What is plantar flexion?
400

What type of movement does a pivot joint possess?



What is rotation?

400


In which plane do right and left rotation occur?



What is the transverse plane?

400

A client comes to you with hip soreness. You notice significant tenderness upon palpation of the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS). Which muscle might be involved based on its location?

What is Satorius?

400

A runner has a restricted passive range of motion (PROM) when the therapist tests their plantar flexion and toe flexion. Which muscle is most likely contributing to this?

What is the Extensor Digitorum Longus?

500

A right-handed person is walking a dog. The dog sees a squirrel in front of the person and slightly to the right. The dog runs toward the squirrel, pulling at the leash. The person watches this happening while they hold tightly onto the leash. Which of the following movements is least likely to occur?  Cervical Rotation, Shoulder Flexion, Arm Abduction or Arm Adduction

What is Arm Adduction?

500

What type of joint movement is being performed when the client participates by moving and contracting the involved muscles, without assistance from the massage therapist?

What is Active?

500

A client comes to you with difficulty bending forward toward the floor from the waist. What plane of movement is this patient having difficulty with?

What is the Sagittal Plane?
500

A massage therapist is palpating a muscle deep in the lower abdomen of a client just lateral to the lumbar vertebrae. The therapist continues to palpate along this muscle which travels inferiorly towards the anterior hip joint. This muscle eventually attaches to the lesser trochanter of the femur. What muscle is this?

What is the psoas major?

500


What is the pathway of a reflex arc?



What is Sensory receptor > central nervous system > motor neuron?