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When is the best time for clients to measure their resting heart rate

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Upon waking up in the morning

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Name two common tests for assessing cardiorespitory efficiency

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YMCA 3 minute step test, and rockport walk test

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What are the three methods of assessing body fat percentage

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Underwater weighing,Skin fold, Bioelectric impedance

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What do you call measurable data regarding a clients physical state, such as body composition, movement assessments, and cardiorespitory ability

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Objective information

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What is the BMI range for a person who has a very high risk for disease?

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35 to 39

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What are the two main calf muscles that are responsible for concentrically accelerating plantar flexion

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Gastrocnemius, soleus

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What do you call information gathered from a client that includes their occupation, lifestyle and medical background

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Subjective information

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Name the muscle that is responsible for concentrically accelerating hip extension and external rotation

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Gluteus Maximus

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During an Overhead Squat assessment, what are the probable overactive muscles when the feet turn out?

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Soleus, lateral gastrocnemius, and biceps, femoris (short head)

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During an Overhead squat assessment, what are the probable overactive muscles when the knees move inward

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Adductor complex, bicep femoris (short head), tensor fascia latae, vastus lateralis

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During an overhead squat assessment, what are the probably overactive muscles when there is an excessive forward lean?

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Soleus, gastrocnemius, hip flexor complex, abdominal complex

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Name the class of medication that decreases heart rate and blood pressure

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Beta blockers

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What is an indicator that a female client’s ankle complex will be in a plantar flexed position for extended periods of time based on occupation?

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Wearing dress shoes (high heels)

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Name three postural patterns that might be seen during a static postural assessment

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Pronation distortion syndrome, Upper crossed syndrome , lower crossed syndrome

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During an overhead squat assessment, what are the probably overactive muscles when the lower back arches.

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Hip flexor complex, erector spinae, lattissimus dorsi

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During an overhead squat assessment, what are the probable overactive muscles when the clients arms fall forward?

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Latissimus dorsi, teres major, pectoralis major/minor

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During a Pushing assessment, what are the probable overative muscles when a clients shoulders elevate and or the head moves forward?

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Upper trapezius, sternocleidomastoid, and levator scapulae

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During an overhead squat assessment, what are the probably underactive muscles if a clients feet turn out?

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Medial gastrocnemius, medial hamstring complex, gracilis, sartorius, popliteus

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What are the probable underative muscles when a clients arms fall forward during an Overhead squat assessment

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Middle/lower trapezius, rhomboids, rotator cuff

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What are the probable underative muscles when a clients knees move inward during an overhead squat assessment

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Gluteus medius/maximus, vastus medalis oblique

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During an overhead squat assessment, what are the probable underactive muscles when a client shows an excessive forward lean

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Anterior tibialis, gluteus maximus, erector spinae

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During an overhead squat assessment, what are the probable underactive muscles when a client low back arches

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Gluteus maximus, hamstring complex, intrinsic core stabilizers

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During a Pushing assessment, what are the probable underactive muscles when a clients shoulders elevate

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Middle/lower trapezius

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During a Pushing assessment, what are the probable underactive muscles when a clients head protrudes forward

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Deep cervical flexors

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After assessing a client’s overhead squat, which muscles should you have them foam role and stretch

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overactive muscles

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After assessing a client’s Overhead squat, which muscles should you have them strengthen?

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Underactive muscles

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Name the assessment that measures lower extremity agility and neuromusclular control?

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Shark Skill test

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Name 2 conditions in which beta-blockers might be prescribed.

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High blood pressure and arrhythmias

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What muscle action develops tension while lengthening and prevents resistance from accelerating in an uncontrolled manner

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Eccentric muscle action

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Name the imaginary bisector that divides the body into left halfs and right halves

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Sagittal plane

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This movement primarily occurs from side to side, as if there were a wall in front of and behind the body

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Frontal plane movements

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Name the energy storage and transfer unit within cells of the body

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Adenosine Triphosphate or ATP

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What is the starting zone of cardiorespiratory training when a client scores poor during the YMCA 3-Minute test

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Zone 1

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What is the starting zone of cardiorespiratory training when a client scores average on the YMCA 3-Minute test

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Zone 2

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What information can be provided to the health and fitness professional by knowing the client’s occupation

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Common movement patterns

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What relevant information can you learn about a client based on their occupation and movement capacity?

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Extended period of sitting, repetitive movements, dress shoes, mental stress

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Which muscles have decreased neural control once a client has had an ankle sprain

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Gluteaus maximus and medius

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What muscle action develops when a muscle exerts more force than is placed on it, resulting in the shortening of the muscle

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Concentric muscle action

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This chamber of the heart gathers oxygenated blood coming to the heart from the lungs

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Left atrium

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Give the straight percentage method for calculating a clients target heart rate

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220 - age * desired intensity

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Name the muscles involved in respiratory inspiration

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Diaphram, external intercostals, scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis minor

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What are three guidelines for the health and fitness professional when taking the radial pulse of a client

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Touch should be gentle, take the pulse when the client is calm, take the pulse over the course of 3 days(at the same time each day) and avg the results to ensure accuracy

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Name the functional unit of the muscle that lies in the space between two z lines. It produces muscular contraction and is formed by repeating sections of actin and myosin

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Sarcomere

44
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The science concerned with the internal and external forces acting on the human body and the effects produced by these forces

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Biomechanics

45
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The heart rate training zone between 76 and 85% that increases both aerobic and anaerobic endurance

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Zone 2

46
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The heart rate training zone between 65 and 75% that builds an aerobic base and aids in recovery

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Zone 1

47
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The heart rate training zone between 86 to 95% that builds high-end work capacity

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Zone 3

48
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Represents the pressure within the arterial system after the heart contracts

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Systolic Blood pressure

49
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Represents the pressure within the arterial system when the heart is resting and filling with blood

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Diastolic blood pressure

50
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The method of measuring body fat percentages that conducts and electrical current through the body to measure fat

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Bioelectrical impedance

51
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What are the four skin-fold sites tested when using the Durnin-Womersley formula for body fat assessment

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biceps, triceps, subscapular, iliac crest

52
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What is the waist-to-hip ratio for males and females that puts them at a greater risk for disease?

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A ratio greater than .95 for males and greater than .80 for females

53
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Muscles that assist the prime movers

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Synergists

54
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Risk for disease increases when an overweight person’s BMI level is

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25 or greater

55
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Sensory receptors responsible for sensing distortion in body tissues

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Mechanoreceptors

56
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What is the amount of time recovery pulse is taken after completing the YMCA 3 minute step test?

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Within 5 seconds of completing the exercise, take the clients pulse for 60 seconds.

57
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What is the level that a client is instructed to squat to when performing the overhead squat assessment

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height of a chair

58
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Receptors sensitive to change in tension of the muscle and the rate of that change

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golgi tendon organs

59
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Receptors sensitive to change in the length of the muscle and the rate of that change

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muscle spindles

60
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on which clients should health and fitness professionals avoid the use of skin-fold calipers to measure body fat

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Very overweight clients

61
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The resting length of a muscle and the tension the muscle can produce at this resting length

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Length tension relationship

62
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What is the functional unit of the nervous system?

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Neuron

63
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The neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover

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Synergistic dominance

64
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The process in which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles

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Autogenic inhibition

65
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Compensations observed during the Overhead squat assessment from the lateral view

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low back arches, excessive forward lean, arms fall forward

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compensations observed during the Overhead squat assessment from the anterior view

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feet turn out and knees move forward

67
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Name some of the benefits of circumference measurements

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can be used on obese clients, good for comparisons on progressions, good for assessing fat patterns and distribution, inexpensive, easy to record

68
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Name the systems of the human movement system (kinetic Chain)

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Nervous, Muscular, skeletal

69
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Name the agonist, synergist, stabilizer, and antagonist muscles activated during a squat exercise

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Agonists: gluteus maximus, quadriceps;
Synergists: Hamstring complex;
Stabilizer: Transversus adominis
Antagonist: Psoas

70
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The involved structures and mechanisms that the nervous system uses to gather sensory information and integrate it with previous experiences to produce a motor response

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Motor control

71
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What are some primary causes of muscle imbalances?

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Postural stress, emotional duress, repetitive movement, cumulative trauma, poor training technique

72
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Feedback used after the completion of a movement to help inform clients about the outcome of their performance

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knowledge of results

73
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The energy pathway used in moderate to high-intensity activities that can only be sustained for 30 to 50 seconds

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Glycolysis

74
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Repeated practice of motor control processes, which leads to a change in the ability to produce skilled movements

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Motor learining

75
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What are possible injuries associated with lower crossed syndrome

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Hamstring complex strain, anterior knee pain, lower back pain

76
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Name movement compensations observed during a pushing assessment

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Lower back arches, shoulders elevate, head migrates forward

77
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When assessing a client during the Single-leg squat from which vantage point should you view the client?

A

Anterior

78
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which muscle synergies(muscle groups) are primarily used in a shoulder press

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Deltoid, rotator cuff, trapezius

79
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The name of the receptors surrounding a joint that responds to pressure, acceleration, and deceleration in the joint

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joint receptors

80
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Altered reciprocal inhibition, synergistic dominance, and arthrokinetic dysfunction of all lead to this

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Muscle imbalance

81
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The ability of the neuromuscular system to properly recruit muscles to produce force concentrically, reduce force eccentrically, and isometrically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion

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Neuromuscular efficiency

82
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A layer of connective tissue that is underneath the fascia, and surrounds the muscle

A

Epimysium

83
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What are the three support mechanisms of blood?

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Transportation, regulation and protection

84
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The Davies test is contraindicated for which group of people

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Individuals lacking shoulder stability

85
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What muscle is responsible for concentrically accelerating shoulder extension, adduction and internal rotation?

A

Latissimus dorsi

86
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Name possible injuries associated with pronation distortion syndrome

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Plantar fascitis, shin splints, patellar tendonitis, low back pain

87
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Name the altered joint mechanics associated with lower crossed syndrome

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Increased lumbar extension and decreased hip extension

88
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Which muscles would be lengthened in a client with upper crossed syndrome

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Deep cervical flexors, serratus anterior, rhomboids, mid-trapezius, lower trapezius, teres minor, and infraspinatus

89
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What are the altered joint mechanics associated with pronation distortion syndrome?

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Increased: Knee adduction and internal rotation, foot pronation and external rotation; Decreased: Ankle dorsiflexion and inversion

90
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Name the lengthened muscles associated with lower crossed syndrome

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Anterior tibialis, posterior tibialis, gluteaus maximus, glutues medius, transverse abdominis, and internal oblique

91
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Average stroke volume of an adult

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70 mL

92
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Name two abdominal muscles used for trunk rotation

A

Internal and external obliques

93
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Name five performance assessment tests

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Davies Test, Sharks skill test, Push-up Test, Upper extremity Strength Assessment, Lower extremity strength assessment

94
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What positional guidelines do you give a client who is setting up for an Overhead squat assessment

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Feed shoulder-width apart and pointed straight ahead; foot and ankle complex in a neutral position; arms raised overhead, with elbows fully extended

95
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What regressions could you make for clients who are unable to perform a Single-leg squat assessment

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Use outside support for squatting assistance or perform a Single-leg balance without squat.

96
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A force that produces rotation

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Torque

97
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Movement of the bones around the joints

A

Rotary motion

98
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Name possible injuries associated with upper crossed syndrome

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Headaches, bicep tendonitis, rotator cuff impingement, and thoracic outlet syndrome

99
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Name the short muscles associated with lower crossed syndrome

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Gastrocnemius, soleus, hip flexor complex, adductors, latissimus dorsi, and erector spinae

100
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Compensation observed during the Overhead Squat assessment from the lateral view

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Low back arches, excessive forward lean, arms fall forward

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