Functional Movement Spectrum

Authors

Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, PT, DPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, PT, DPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

The functional movement spectrum has 3 purposes:

Identify principles to guide movement¹.
Simplify complexity to define function¹.
To guide development and utilization of functional movement¹.

Table 1: Functional movement spectrum¹

	Non-functional	Functional
Environment	Unnatural	Natural
Gravity & GRF	Confused	Used
Mass & Momentum	Neglected	Leveraged
Motion	1-D	3-D
Reaction	Link	Chain
Proprioceptors	Inhibited	Facilitated
Muscles	Actor	Reactor
Joints	Isolated	Integrated
Task	Conscious reaction	Subconscious reaction
Specificity	Stagnation	Transformation
Mobility / Stability	Segregated	Combined
Encouragement	Failure	Success
Empowerment	External locus of control	Internal locus of control
Engagement	Irrelevant	Relevant

References

1.

Institute G. Functional Techniques. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://grayinstitute.inspire360.com/p/functional-techniques-membership

Citation

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Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Functional Movement Spectrum. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Continued education/Gray institute/gray_institute_functional_movement_spectrum.html