KINEMATICS
KINEMATICS
by Shivani barot
(F.Y MPT)
OBJECTIVES
Definition
Description of motion
Variables of kinematics
Projectile motion
Definition:
kinematics is defined as the study of motion without regard to the
forces that cause that motion.
Kinematics includes the set of concepts that allows us to describe
the displacement (the change in position over time) or motion of a
segment without regard to the forces that cause that movement.
The description of motion
Osteokinematics: refers to the rotatory movement of the bones in
space during physiological joint motion
Internal/ Inward
rotation
Hyperextension
Extension
Arthrokinematics
Movement of a segment
around a fixed axis [COR]
in a curved path
Each point on the segment moves through
the same angle, at the same time,
at a constant distance from the COR
3.General motion
When non segmented objects are moved, combinations of
rotation and translation (general motion) are common.
If someone were to attempt to push a treatment table with
swivel casters across the room by using one hand ,it would be
difficult to get the table to go straight , it would more likely to
both translatory and rotatory motion .
Curvilinear (plane or planar) motion designates a combination
of translation and rotation of a segment in two dimensions.
When this type of motion occurs, the axis about which the
segment moves is not fixed but, rather, shifts in space as the
object moves Instantaneous axis of rotation (ICOR)
Location of displacement
Cartesian coordinate system
The x-axis runs side to side in the body -coronal axis; The
y-axis runs up and down in the body - vertical axis; the z-
axis runs front to back in the body anteroposterior (A-P) axis
An unconstrained segment can either rotate or translate
around each of the three axes, which results in six potential
options for motion of that segment.
The options for movement of a segment are also referred to
as degrees of freedom. A completely unconstrained segment,
therefore, always has six degrees of freedom.
• Rotation of body segment around the x-axis or coronal
axis occurs in the sagittal plane
Flexion/ extension
Abduction/adduction
Internal rotation/eternal rotation
Clockwise/anteclockwise
Up-down
Right- left
Magnitude of displacement