Movement Observation & Pattern Recognition Flashcards
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When documenting movement patterns in a clinical or professional setting, which LMA category would a CMA prioritize to assess a client's functional movement efficiency?
Answer: Body connectivity patterns (Bartenieff Fundamentals)
Bartenieff Fundamentals focus on Body connectivity and functional movement patterning, making them most relevant for assessing physical efficiency.
In pattern recognition, a CMA identifies a mover who consistently uses 'Action Drive' (Weight + Time + Space Effort). What is notably absent?
Answer: Flow Effort
Action Drive combines Weight, Time, and Space Efforts while Flow is not a defining element, making it the absent Motion Factor.
A CMA observing a group class notices that one participant's movement transitions lack sequential flow through body segments. Which Bartenieff pattern is likely underdeveloped?
Answer: Sequential body connectivity
Sequential connectivity involves movement rippling through successive body segments in an ordered chain, enabling fluid transitions.
Which observational tool in LMA helps a CMA systematically record the frequency and distribution of Effort qualities over a movement session?
Answer: Effort Graph or Effort Profile
An Effort Profile or Effort Graph charts how often each Effort quality appears, revealing habitual preferences and blind spots.
When a mover's Shape changes consistently match their Effort qualities (e.g., Strong + Shaping-Enclosing), what LMA concept does this exemplify?
Answer: Effort-Shape affinity or integration
When Effort and Shape qualities align meaningfully, it indicates integration of inner attitude (Effort) and outer form (Shape), a sign of expressive coherence.
In LMA terminology, what is the 'Kinesphere'?
Answer: The sphere of space reachable without taking a step
The Kinesphere is the personal space bubble surrounding a mover — all the space reachable by extending limbs without shifting the base.
A CMA observing a negotiation meeting notes that one participant's gestures frequently cross the body midline into the opposite half-space. Which spatial pattern is being described?
Answer: Contralateral cross-lateral reaching into opposite half-space
Contralateral or cross-lateral movement crosses the body midline, connecting opposite halves and often signaling engagement and integration.