PHRE 3043 – Functional Movement

Students will discover how to design exercise programs for improving a client’s aerobic and anaerobic capacity. In addition, students will be introduced to the fundamental concepts in movement screening, vocational fitness testing (e.g. police and paramedic), circuit training, and instability training.  

Target population: Adults (18-65), healthy

  • Course Instructor: Lyndsay Fitzgeorge
  • Lab Instructors: Lyndsay Fitzgeorge
  • Lab Technician: Jasmine Collins
  • Semester: Three

Lab Sections:

  • Section 1: Thursday 2 – 4 PM
  • Section 2: Thursday 12 – 2 PM
  • Section 3: Wednesday 2 – 4 PM
  • Section 4: Wednesday 4 – 6 PM
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Description:

Set-up Verbal Instructions:

  • Step onto the center of the board with the right foot and your toe on the zero mark.
  • The left heel should be placed according to your tibial measurement at “__”.
  • Both toes must be pointing forward with the entire foot in contact with the board.
  • Place the dowel along the spine so it touches the back of your head, your upper back and your tailbone.
  • While grasping the dowel, your right hand should be in the curve of your neck, and the left hand should be in the curve of your lower back.
  • Maintaining an upright posture so the dowel stays vertical and you maintain the three points of contact, descend into a lunge position so your right knee touches the center of the board.
  • Then, return to the starting position.

Tips for testing:

  1. The front leg identifies the side you are scoring.
  2. The dowel remains vertical and in contact with the head, upper back and tail bone during movement.
  3. The front heel remains in contact with the board, and the back heel touches the board when returning to the starting position. Watch for loss of balance. For inline lunge, a loss of balance is stepping off the board.
  4. Remain close to the client to prevent a complete loss of balance.
  5. It’s important to remember that if the person does not at least make contact with the board or ground with the knee somewhere, it is the inability to complete the movement pattern, this is a score of one.
  6. Repeat the test on both sides.
  7. The client can perform the movement up to three times on each side if necessary.

Scoring:

3:

  • Dowel contact maintained
  • Dowel remains vertical
  • Minimal to no torso movement
  • Dowel and feet remain in sagittal plane
  • Knee touches the center of the board
  • Front foot remains in start position

2:

  • Dowel contact not maintained
  • Dowel does not remain vertical
  • Movement in torso
  • Dowel and feet do not remain in sagittal plane
  • Knee does not touch center of the board
  • Flat front foot does not remain in start position

1:

  • Loss of balance by stepping off the board
  • Inability to complete movement pattern
  • Inability to get into set up position

0:

  • Pain
Common Error(s):
Spotting:
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