Posture in R&G

• Postural Component:

  • Ability to move the arm(s) or head without destabilising the body
  • Postural activity - task and context specific
• Postural Component - consider:

  • the load (heavier = greater postural adjustment)
  • how far to reach (i.e. trunk movements extend reach)
  • Speed (e.g. catch fast moving ball) needs increased postural stability
  • If too far than must alter posture (e.g. sit to stand, or walk stand)
• Postural component - clinical ramification:

  • when we asses r&g, we need to assess in different directions e.g. more laterally, higher, lower