BASI PILATES FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔coronal plane - ✔✔divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back)
✔✔transverse plane - ✔✔divides the bottom into upper (superior) and lower (inferior)
✔✔Axes of motion - ✔✔sagittal axis/ anterior posterior (A-P)
Coronal axis/ mediolateral (M-L)
Longitudinal axis/ vertical axis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Sagittal Axis - ✔✔Anterior Posterior
extends from front to back
abduction and adduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Coronal Axis - ✔✔mediolateral
extends from side to side
flexion and extension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Longitudinal/ vertical axis - ✔✔lateral rotation
(long through center of the body, like midline)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Flexion - ✔✔movement in an anterior direction for the upper extremities and hip joint
and movement in posterior direction for the lower extremities
(decrease in angle between 2 joints)
✔✔History of Pilates - ✔✔Joseph Pilates was born in Germany.
he had rickets, asthma, and rheumatic fever as a child.
, he studied body building, gymnastics, and boxing.
and was influenced by ancient greece and rome.
during WWI he started a training program on Isle of Man, he then trained the army?
In 1926 he moved to NYC, was invited by a professional boxer. He met his wife clara on
the way and started pilates....
He called his method "contrology".
✔✔Extension - ✔✔movement in the opposite direction to flexion
(increase in the angle between 2 joints)
✔✔Hyperextension - ✔✔excessive movement/position in the direction of extension in
the knees, lumbar and cervical curvatures of the spine
✔✔abduction - ✔✔movement away from the mid sagittal plane
✔✔adduction - ✔✔movement toward the mid sagittal plane
✔✔lateral flexion - ✔✔lateral movement of the head, neck, and trunk in the coronal
plane and around the sagittal axis
✔✔gliding - ✔✔flat or curved surfaces articulating on one another
(shoulders?)
multidirectional
✔✔circumduction - ✔✔combination of flexion, abduction, extension and adduction
(rolling the head/neck)
multidirectional
✔✔rotation - ✔✔takes place in the transverse plane around the longitudinal axis
✔✔tilt - ✔✔anterior tilt, posterior tilt, and lateral tilt (equates to lateral flexion)
✔✔external rotation - ✔✔turning the anterior surface outward (lateral rotation)
✔✔internal rotation - ✔✔turning the anterior surface inward (medial rotation)
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔coronal plane - ✔✔divides the body into anterior (front) and posterior (back)
✔✔transverse plane - ✔✔divides the bottom into upper (superior) and lower (inferior)
✔✔Axes of motion - ✔✔sagittal axis/ anterior posterior (A-P)
Coronal axis/ mediolateral (M-L)
Longitudinal axis/ vertical axis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Sagittal Axis - ✔✔Anterior Posterior
extends from front to back
abduction and adduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Coronal Axis - ✔✔mediolateral
extends from side to side
flexion and extension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Longitudinal/ vertical axis - ✔✔lateral rotation
(long through center of the body, like midline)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t6Tod2o2nI
✔✔Flexion - ✔✔movement in an anterior direction for the upper extremities and hip joint
and movement in posterior direction for the lower extremities
(decrease in angle between 2 joints)
✔✔History of Pilates - ✔✔Joseph Pilates was born in Germany.
he had rickets, asthma, and rheumatic fever as a child.
, he studied body building, gymnastics, and boxing.
and was influenced by ancient greece and rome.
during WWI he started a training program on Isle of Man, he then trained the army?
In 1926 he moved to NYC, was invited by a professional boxer. He met his wife clara on
the way and started pilates....
He called his method "contrology".
✔✔Extension - ✔✔movement in the opposite direction to flexion
(increase in the angle between 2 joints)
✔✔Hyperextension - ✔✔excessive movement/position in the direction of extension in
the knees, lumbar and cervical curvatures of the spine
✔✔abduction - ✔✔movement away from the mid sagittal plane
✔✔adduction - ✔✔movement toward the mid sagittal plane
✔✔lateral flexion - ✔✔lateral movement of the head, neck, and trunk in the coronal
plane and around the sagittal axis
✔✔gliding - ✔✔flat or curved surfaces articulating on one another
(shoulders?)
multidirectional
✔✔circumduction - ✔✔combination of flexion, abduction, extension and adduction
(rolling the head/neck)
multidirectional
✔✔rotation - ✔✔takes place in the transverse plane around the longitudinal axis
✔✔tilt - ✔✔anterior tilt, posterior tilt, and lateral tilt (equates to lateral flexion)
✔✔external rotation - ✔✔turning the anterior surface outward (lateral rotation)
✔✔internal rotation - ✔✔turning the anterior surface inward (medial rotation)
