movement patterns
How bodies travel
Movement patterns are the characteristic ways a body moves through space—the sequences, rhythms, and coordination of physical motion.
In fitness and physical therapy, the term often refers to fundamental movements like pushing, pulling, squatting, and rotating that form the basis of more complex activities: Her trainer identified weaknesses in her basic movement patterns.
In dance and athletics, movement patterns may describe signature styles or habitual tendencies: Analysts study a pitcher's movement patterns to predict his next throw.
- kinematicsStudy of movement itself
- body mechanicsEfficient use of muscles
- gaitLocomotion pattern
- gallopingFastest equine gait
- migrationMovement to new territory
biomechanics · slithering · coordination · muscle memory · locomotion · agility drills · proprioception · flight · flight path · burrowing · swimming · tidal flows · flexibility · neural pathways · posture · plyometrics · foraging · autonomous navigation
- kinesiologymuscles, bones, joints, tendons, flexion
- motor skillsmotor skills, fine motor skills, motor control, gross motor skills, walking
- Baby Developmentcrawling, rolling, sitting, standing, walking
- environmental psychologymental maps, cognitive maps, wayfinding, spatial perception, sense of place
- wildlife trackingwildlife tracking, GPS collar, wildlife monitoring, GPS tracking, radio collar
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
movement patternsstillness
Complete lack of motion
stasis · immobility · motionlessness · inertia · rest
movement patternsdormancy
Suspended biological activity
hibernation · torpor · inactivity · quiescence · lethargy