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STOTT PILATES WRITTEN EXAM
COMPLETELY UPDATED 2025–2026
EDITION | VERIFIED QUESTIONS & 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS | GUARANTEED A+
PERFORMANCE
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the
scapula should... - ANSWER: Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean - ANSWER: Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan
dive to - ANSWER: 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 - ANSWER: Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean? - ANSWER: opposite side
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True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip
flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination - ANSWER: FALSE (no
forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis
anteriorly? - ANSWER: Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body - ANSWER:
Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine - ANSWER: Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 - ANSWER: Concentric
and eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 - ANSWER: Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep
curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques.
STOTT PILATES WRITTEN EXAM
COMPLETELY UPDATED 2025–2026
EDITION | VERIFIED QUESTIONS & 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS | GUARANTEED A+
PERFORMANCE
When you abduct the arms overhead from the anatomical reference position the
scapula should... - ANSWER: Upwardly rotate
What does the term posterior mean - ANSWER: Away from the front of the body
The legs are abducted and laterally rotated for full spinal extension such as swan
dive to - ANSWER: 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 - ANSWER: Increase the spring tension
What does contralateral mean? - ANSWER: opposite side
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True or false: the hundred requires all the following actions, thoracic flexion, hip
flexion, shoulder extension and forearm supination - ANSWER: FALSE (no
forearm supination)
How could you modify the breast stoke prep if the client keeps tilting the pelvis
anteriorly? - ANSWER: Place a pad under their ASIS
The scapula has a bony attachment to which part of the body - ANSWER:
Clavicle
What is the natural curve of the cervical spine - ANSWER: Anterior convex curve
What muscle actions are involved in back rowing prep #4 - ANSWER: Concentric
and eccentric biceps
Name back rowing preps 1-8 - ANSWER: Plow, open elbows, airplane, Bicep
curls, triceps, roll down, roll down with bicep curls, roll down with obliques.
