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Polestar Pilates Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct Q: What year was the name 'Pilates' copyrighted? Answer: 1992 Q: In what year did the name 'Pilates' becomegeneric? Answer: 1999 (November 19) Q: Who founded Polestar Pilates/Polestar Education? Answer: It was founded by Brent Anderson and co-founder Elizabeth Larkam (who is a Feldenkrais practitioner) Q: What year was Polestar Pilates founded? Answer: 1992 Q: What is the mission statement for the Gateway Pilates program? Answer: "To pro- vide an affordable introduction into the practice of pilates for fitness and rehabilitation professionals, increasing the accessibility for the world to experience the universal benefits of practicing pilates" Q: What is the vision statement for the Gateway Pilates program? Answer: "To impact the world through intelligent movement by fostering awareness of self and commu- nity" Q: What are the 5 basic sciences that are necessary to be able to teach pilates movement? Answer: Skeletal anatomy, muscle anatomy, biomechanics, motor control and bioenergetics Q: Where is the anterior surface of the body? Answer: Front of the body Q: Where is the posterior surface of the body? Answer: Back of the body Q: Where is the lateral surface of the body? Answer: The sides of the body Q: What does it mean when we say something is medial? Answer: Being close to the centre Q: What does it mean when we say something is lateral? Answer: Going out - away from centre Q: The sagital plane of movement Answer: Flexion and extension movements (or forward and backward) Q: The coronal plane of movement Answer: Abduction (going away from the body) and adduction (coming close to the body) movements (or side to side) Q: The horizontal plane of movement Answer: Rotational movement Q: Order of the spine (from top to bottom) Answer: Cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacrum Q: How many vertebrae make up the cervical spine? Answer: 7 vertebrae Q: What is the purpose of the cervical spine? Answer: The cervical spines is designed to support the head and provide movement for the head in all planes to be able to have good senses

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