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Normal Barriers to Motion

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Which of the following barriers restricts normal active motion?
Anatomic
Elastic
Physiologic

Which of the following barriers restricts normal passive motion?
Anatomic
Elastic
Physiologic

Which of the following barriers restricts total range of motion?
Anatomic
Elastic
Physiologic

What does midline neutral define for the normal subject?
The point where the center of the available range of motion is located.
The point where the maximal amount of the total range of motion occurs.
The point where the minimal amount of passive range of motion occurs.

The range of normal active motion is greater than the range of normal passive motion?
True
False

The range of active motion is frequently reduced by?
The anatomic barrier
Myofascial shortening
The total range of motion

The space where the high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust appears to generate its characteristic popping sound is called the?
Elastic space
Anatomic space
Paraphysiologic space

When we talk about the direction of rotational motion of a vertebra, we will define it by referencing a point on the?
Posterior process.
Anterior surface of the vertebral body.
Transverse process.