Biomech: Vid analysis

• Anatomical position is the starting position for body segment movements, characterized by an upright standing position, facing forward, legs together, feet flat on the floor, and hands at the side with palms facing forward
• Anatomical directional terms help describe the body's 'geography' and how components relate to each other, including terms like anterior, posterior, inferior, superior, medial, lateral, proximal, and distal
• Anatomical reference planes include the frontal (coronal), transverse (horizontal), and sagittal (median) planes, dividing the body in half by mass
• Anatomical reference axes are imaginary lines passing through joints, with three axes perpendicular to specific cardinal planes: mediolateral, anteroposterior, and longitudinal axes
• Fundamental movements in the body occur in different planes of motion, such as sagittal, frontal, and transverse planes, each around a specific axis
• Movements in the sagittal plane about the mediolateral axis include flexion, extension, plantar flexion, and dorsiflexion
• Movements in the frontal plane about the anteroposterior axis include abduction and adduction, as well as eversion, inversion, and lateral flexion
• Movements in the transverse plane about the longitudinal axis include rotation movements like internal/external rotation and pronation/supination
• Anatomical positions

  
• Anatomical reference planes

  
• Anatomical reference planes

  
• Anatomical planes

  
• Frontal Axis

  
• Mediolateral Axis

  
• Longitudinal Axis