Introduction

In this activity you’ll figure out all the ways your knee can move and learn how to describe this motion using motion axes. The joints of your body move in complex ways.ways; Usingusing motion axes will allow you to break down these motions into simpler components, describe them, quantify the motion, compare motions within or across joints, etc. Additionally, you won’t be able to fully understand the function of your knee’s ligaments and the motions that can injure them without understanding motion axes.