Kinesiology review

A basketball player has 120 degrees of hip flexion and 25 degress of hip lateral rotation. Which direction is the MOST limited?

• Neither is limited

• Lateral rotation

• They are equally limited

• Flexion

During the contraction of skeletal muscle, which of the following actions occurs immediately after the brain receives impulses?

• Muscle fiber is stimulated to release calcium

• The contraction occurs

• The motor unit is stimulated

• Acetycholine is released

A person is driving a car and looks over their left shoulder to check for cars. In what plane does this movement occur?

• Frontal

• Transverse

• Coronal

• Sagittal

Joint motion stimulates the secretion of synovial fluid by which structure?

• Inner synovium

• Cartilage

• Ligaments

• Outer layer of the joint capsule

A massage therapist is working with a client and notices restricted shoulder flexion passive range of motion. Which muscle is most likely the cause of this?

• Middle trapezius

• Latissimus dorsi

• Anterior deltoid

• Infraspinatus

A client has injured a non-contractile structure that originates on the posterior aspect of the tibia and inserts on the surface of the talus. What type of structure would this be?

• Ligament

• Fascia

• Muscle

• Tendon

Which motion occurs on the transverse plane and the vertical axis?

• Walking forward

• All of these

• Throwing a ball

• Lateral flexion of the trunk

You are working with a client who reports pain located between their left elbow and left shoulder. Discomfort in this area of the body could be described as pain that is

• Proximal to the shoulder

• Distal to the shoulder

• Volar to the shoulder

• Contralateral to the elbow

You are treated a long distance runner who complains of soreness in his shoulder after his running events. You are trying to determine which motions and musculature may be involved in his discomfort. Which movement of the arms is least involved in the running motion?

• Should elevation

• Should abduction

• Shoulder extension

• Shoulder flexion

A massage therpist is performing a stretch of the hamstrings with a client. After the stretch is performed, the therapist notices there was no change in the length of the hamstring after the stretch. This immediate response of the tissue during the stretch and shortly afterward is a property of soft tissue called?

• Crimp

• Strain

• Elasticity

• Plasticity