Sounds Like Science to Me
This force is constantly making you work to stand steady and upright.
What is gravity?
This movement at the elbow allows you to scratch your shoulder (same arm).
What is elbow flexion?
What force is being diminished when a therapist rounds the edges of a splint and lines it with moleskin, then checks the client's skin to make sure there is no redness from the edge of the splint?
Friction
What is scoliosis?
This is the recommended number of points of contact between an office chair and the floor.
What is 5?
This area of kinesiology refers to the science of skeletal movement according to the planes and axes system.
What is osteokinematics?
What is trunk rotation?
What force is being diminished when a therapist supports the client's weak arm when the client is attempting to use that weak arm in bringing a spoon to the mouth for self-feeding?
gravity
This abnormal, "swayback" position can result from abdominal obesity.
what is lumbar lordosis?
This test is considered the gold standard for assessing balance.
What is the Berg Balance Scale?
This classification refers to the type of joint that is most freely moveable.
What is diarthrosis?
When starting in the anatomical position, elbow flexion takes place in this plane and around this axis.
Sagittal plane around a frontal axis
What organization is the author of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework?
American Occupational Therapy Association
This informal term refers to a stressful position of how the head and neck are often held during extended texting or driving.
What is "forward head position"?
This term refers to the pathways for sensory input that run from the peripheral body to the brain.
What are afferent nerve pathways?
What is uniaxial?
When starting in the anatomical position, trunk rotation takes place in this plane around this axis.
Horizontal plane around a vertical axis
This specialty-level intervention refers to therapist-provided arthrokinematic movements provided to decrease pain and/or restore more normal ROM.
What are joint mobilizations?
If you wanted to violate good body mechanics, you would hold heavy objects at this distance from your body, when lifting.
far away as possible
This plane separates the body into front and back portions.
What is the frontal or coronal plane?
BOS is an abbreviation for ____________.
Base of support
These 2 terms describe the rotary movement that takes place at the shoulder joint.
What is internal rotation and external rotation?
What would be a therapeutic pillow placement for a client with lower back pain who needs to rest in supine position?
Pillows under knees
COG is an abbreviation for
center of gravity
This movement of the forearm is the opposite of supination.
What is pronation?