kinesiology assignment 1
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Examples of Joints |
Type of Joint |
Movements/Action |
Plane of motion |
Axis of motion |
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Elbow, ankle fingers, toes, knee (patellofemoral) |
Hinge, interphalangeal (1 axis) |
Flexion/extension OR rotation, pronation/supination |
Sagittal OR transverse |
Bilateral OR longitudinal |
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Neck (cervical) |
Pivot (1 axis) |
Flexion/extension OR rotation, Pronation/supination |
Sagittal OR transverse |
Bilateral OR longitudinal |
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wrist |
condyloid/gliding/ellipsoid metacarpophalangeal (2 axes) |
Flexion/extension Abduction/adduction |
Sagittal AND frontal |
Bilateral AND anteroposterior |
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thumb |
Saddle (2 axes) |
Flexion/extension Abduction/adduction |
Sagittal AND frontal |
Bilateral AND anteroposterior |
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hip, shoulder (glenohumeral) |
ball and socket (3 axes) |
Flexion/extension Abduction/adduction Rotation |
Sagittal, frontal, transverse |
Bilateral, anteroposterior, longitudinal |
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Shoulder/pectoral girdles and pelvis/pelvic girdle |
Plane OR saddle |
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Spine (lumbar, thoracic) |
Facet |
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