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Locomotor Movements

Locomotor movements allow movement from one point to another through steps, walks, runs and jumps. Preparatory movement involves the transfer of weight between feet. Non-locomotor movements occur in one space and involve changes in joint angles through flexion, extension, and other movements like twisting and turning without changing location. Specific non-locomotor movements described include contraction, release, collapse, recover, rotation, and pivot.

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Locomotor Movements

Locomotor movements allow movement from one point to another through steps, walks, runs and jumps. Preparatory movement involves the transfer of weight between feet. Non-locomotor movements occur in one space and involve changes in joint angles through flexion, extension, and other movements like twisting and turning without changing location. Specific non-locomotor movements described include contraction, release, collapse, recover, rotation, and pivot.

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Locomotor Movements

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Non-Locomotor Movements
Prepared By: Joseph D. Basilio
Locomotor Movements
These are movements that allow you to move from one
point in space to another. It is canned from two words,
“locos” which means place and “motor” which
means movement.
Preparatory movement:
Step
• This is the basis of all locomotor movements.
• It prepares you to move in any direction you wish to go.
• It is defined as transfer of weight from one foot to the
other.

Walk - Series of steps executed by both of your feet


alternately in any direction.
Run - Series of walks executed quickly in any
direction wherein only one foot stays on the
ground while the other is off the ground.

Jump - This movement is simply described by


having both feet lose its contact with the
ground.
Non- Locomotor Movements
These are movements that are performed in
one point in space without transferring to
another point. They don’t allow you to move
from one place to the other.
Flexion - It is the act of decreasing the angle of a joint.
Another term for flexion is to bend.

Extension - This is the opposite of flexion.


You are extending if you are increasing the angle of a joint.
Stretching is another word for extension.

Contraction - A muscle movement done when it shortens, narrows


and tightens using sufficient amount of energy in the execution.

Release - A muscle movement opposite to contraction done when it


let goes or let looses of being held into a shortening movement.
Collapse - To deliberately drop the exertion of energy
into a body segment.
Recover - The opposite of collapse. This is to regain the
energy exerted into a body
segment.
Rotation - To rotate is to move a body segment allowing
it to complete a circle with its motion.
Rotation can also be done in wrists, waist, knees and
ankles.
Twist - To move a body segment from an axis halfway front or
back or quarter to the right or left as in the twisting of the
neck allowing the head to face right or left and the like.

Pivot - To change the position of the feet or any body part


that carries the body’s weight allowing the body to face in a
less than 360 degrees turn.

Turn - To move in a turning movement with a base of support,


usually a pointed foot, the other raised, while equilibrium is
maintained until the completion of the turn.

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