STOTT Pilates Exam Questions and Answers | Structured Core Training and Movement Explanations | Grade A+

STOTT Pilates Exam Questions and Answers |
Structured Core Training and Movement
Explanations | Grade A+
• Neutral anatomical position of the body -✓✓plumb line slightly anterior to lateral
malleolus, slightly anterior to midline through knee, through greater trochanter of
femur, slightly posterior to centre of hip joint, through lumbar vertebrae, midway
through trunk, through shoulder joint, through cervical vertebrae, through lobe of
ear (head slightly forward)

• Medial -✓✓towards midline

• lateral -✓✓away from midline

• anterior -✓✓front of body

• posterior -✓✓back of body

• superior -✓✓Higher on the body, nearer to the head

• inferior -✓✓Lower on the body, farther from the head

• proximal -✓✓Nearer to the trunk of the body

• distal -✓✓Farther from the trunk of the body

• superficial -✓✓near the surface

• deep -✓✓Away from the body surface; more internal

• sagittal plane of movement -✓✓forward

• coronal plane of movement -✓✓side to side

• horizontal/transverse plane of movement -✓✓across

, • dorsiflexion ankles -✓✓flexing ankles

• plantar flexion ankles -✓✓pointing

• concentric movement -✓✓muscles shorten eg bend elbow

• eccentric movement -✓✓muscles lengthen eg straighten elbow

• isometric -✓✓no change in ength

• isotonic -✓✓

• flexion arms -✓✓raising in front of you

• extension arms -✓✓putting behind you

• flexion movements are all anterior except -✓✓knees and toes

• abduction -✓✓away from midline

• adduction -✓✓towards midline

• supination arms -✓✓palms up

• pronation arms -✓✓palms down

• supination feet -✓✓weight on outside

• pronation feet -✓✓weight on inside

• contralateral obliques -✓✓rotation

• ipsilateral obliques -✓✓dip

• bilateral obliques -✓✓crunch / spinal flexion