Stott Pilates Written Exam: Q/A
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position
the scapula should... ✔️Ans - Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean ✔️Ans - Away from the front of the
body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as
swan dive to ✔️Ans - Facilitate hip extension and prevent excessive
extension of the lumbar spine
How can you modify if a client cannot support their weight in scapula isolation
standing on the stability chair ✔️Ans - Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean? ✔️Ans - opposite side
True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion,
hip flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination ✔️Ans - FALSE
(no forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the
pelvis anteriorly? ✔️Ans - Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body ✔️Ans -
Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine ✔️Ans - Anterior convex
curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 ✔️Ans -
Concentric and eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 ✔️Ans - Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep
curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques.
Which vertebra has the largest body ✔️Ans - Lumbar
, During half roll back the abdominals are working... ✔️Ans - Isometrically
How do you describe the leg movement during single leg stretch on the mat
✔️Ans - Reciprocal
What is reciprocal movement ✔️Ans - Movement of both arms or legs at
the same time but in opposite directions.
Which of the following is a part of the axial skeleton: sacrum, ilium, femur,
ulna ✔️Ans - Sacrum
What happens in the first inhalation in up stretch? ✔️Ans - Extension of
the hips articulating through the spine from tail to head
What is the starting position for up stretch ✔️Ans - Hands on foot bar,
high half toe against the shoulder rest, spine is rounded with weight back over
toes
What is the starting position for down stretch. ✔️Ans - Hands resting on
footbar, kneeling, feet against shoulder rests, rounded spine with weight back
over heels
Why would you lower the footbar during back splits ✔️Ans - Client has
limited hip extension
The ankle joint consists of... ✔️Ans - Tibia, fibula, talus
In which plane of motion is side splits done ✔️Ans - Coronal/frontal
Why is it important to engage the transverse abdominis and pelvic floor
✔️Ans - To stabilize the lumbo-pelvic region
What are the target muscles in side bends on the ladder barrel ✔️Ans -
Contralateral eccentric and concentric obliques
The second cervical vertebra is called what? ✔️Ans - Axis
True or false: in the ideal posture, the plumb line passes slightly anterior to
the mid line of the knee ✔️Ans - True
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