Muscle and movements JOINT MOVEMENT DECRIPTION AGONIST MUSCLES

Muscle and movements

JOINT MOVEMENT DECRIPTION AGONIST MUSCLES (PRIME MOVERS) ANTAGONIST MUSCLES ELBOW FLEXION BENDING THE ELBOW BICEP TRICEP ELBOW EXTENSION STRAIGHTENING THE ELBOW TRICEP BICEP KNEE FLEXION BENDING AT THE KNEE JOINT HAMSTRING QUADRICEPS KNEE EXTENSION STRAIGHTENING AT THE KNEE JOINT QUADRICEPS HAMSTRING SHOULDER EXTENSION MOVING THE ARM BACK IN A ROTATIONAL MOTION POSTERIOR DELTOID LATISSSIMUS DORSI TRAPEZIUS PECTRALIS MAJOR ANTERIOR DELTOID SHOULDER FLEXION MOVING ARM FORWARD IN A ROTATIONAL MOTION ANTERIOR DELTIOD PECTRALIS MAJOR POSTERIIOR DELTOID LATISSIMUS DORSI TRAPEZIUS SHOULDER ABDUCTION MOVING ARM AWAY FROM BODY AT SHOULDER JOINT TRAPEZIUS DELTOID LATISSIMUS DORSI PECTRALIS MAJOR SHOULDER ADDUCTION MOVING ARM TOWARDS BODY AT SHOULDER JOINT LATISSIMUS DORSI PECTRALIS MAJOR TRAZEPIUS DELTOID

JOINT MOVEMENT DECRIPTION AGONIST MUSCLES (PRIME MOVERS) ANTAGONIST MUSCLES ANKLE TOES ARE PULLED UPWARDS DORSIFLEXION TIBIALIS ANTERIOR SOLEUS GASTROCNEMIUS ANKLE TOES ARE PUSHED DOWNWARDS PLANTERFLEXION SOLEUS GASTROCNEMIUS TIBIALIS ANTERIOR TRUNK BENDS FORWARD FLEXION RECTUS ABDOMINUS ERECTOR SPINAE TRUNK LEAN BACKWARDS EXTENSION ERECTOR SPINAE RECTUS ABDOMINUS

JOINT MOVEMENT DECRIPTION AGONIST MUSCLES (PRIME MOVERS) ANTAGONIST MUSCLES FOOT INVERSION MOVEMENT OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT INWARD FOOT EVERSION MOVEMENT OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT OUTWARD HIP EXTENSION INCREASING THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE UPPER LEG AND HIP GLUTEUS MAXIMUS HIP FLEXORS/ILIO PSOAS HIP FLEXION MOVING THE UPPER LEG UP TO THE HIP JOINT HIP FLEXORS/ILIO PSOAS GLUTEUS MAXIMUS WRIST