FREE Massage Therapist Kinesiology and Biomechanics Questions and Answers

Question 1

A client presents with Upper Crossed Syndrome, characterized by forward head posture and rounded shoulders.
A massage therapist aiming to address the muscular imbalances would focus on stretching which pair of tight, facilitated muscles?

Accepted Answer

Pectoralis major and upper trapezius

Answer

Deep cervical flexors and rhomboids

Answer

Middle and lower trapezius

Answer

Serratus anterior and infraspinatus

Question 2

A therapist instructs a client to actively contract their quadriceps while the therapist gently stretches the hamstrings. This technique, which facilitates greater lengthening of the hamstrings, is an application of what physiological principle?

Accepted Answer

Reciprocal inhibition

Answer

Autogenic inhibition

Answer

Length-tension relationship

Answer

Force-velocity curve

Question 3

During a postural assessment, a massage therapist observes a significant anterior pelvic tilt. This posture is created by a force-couple relationship between which two muscle groups?

Accepted Answer

Hip flexors and lumbar extensors

Answer

Rectus abdominis and hamstrings

Answer

Gluteus maximus and external obliques

Answer

Adductors and quadratus lumborum

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of a closed kinetic chain movement for the upper body?

Accepted Answer

Push-up

Answer

Bicep curl with a dumbbell

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Throwing a baseball

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Lifting a box off a high shelf

Question 5

According to Newton's Second Law of Motion (Law of Acceleration), how does the amount of force a massage therapist applies relate to the client's tissue response?

Accepted Answer

The greater the force applied, the greater the acceleration or change in the tissue's state.

Answer

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Answer

The client's tissue will remain at rest unless a force is applied.

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The total momentum of the system remains constant.

Question 6

A client is most stable and balanced when their center of gravity is positioned in what relation to their base of support?

Accepted Answer

Low and within the base of support

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Directly over the edge of the base

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As high as possible above the base

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Outside and anterior to the base

A client presents with Upper Crossed Syndrome, characterized by forward head posture and rounded shoulders.A massage therapist aiming to address the muscular imbalances would focus on stretching which pair of tight, facilitated muscles?

A client presents with Upper Crossed Syndrome, characterized by forward head posture and rounded shoulders.
A massage therapist aiming to address the muscular imbalances would focus on stretching which pair of tight, facilitated muscles?