Ch. 7 - Terms (Flexibility Training Concepts)

Question 1

Define flexibility

Answer 1

normal extensibility of all soft tissue for full ROM

Question 2

Define extensibility

Answer 2

able to be elongated or stretched

Question 3

Define dynamic ROM

Answer 3

flexibility & nervous system’s ability to control this ROM efficiently

Question 4

Define postural distortion patterns

Answer 4

predictable patterns of muscle imbalance

Question 5

Define relative flexibility

Answer 5

tendency to seek the path of least resistance

Question 6

Define muscle imbalance

Answer 6

alteration in muscle length around a joint

Question 7

Define reciprocal inhibiiton

Answer 7

simultaneous contraction of one muscle & relaxation of its antagonist for movement

Question 8

Define altered reciprocal inhibition

Answer 8

muscle inhibition caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its antagonist

Question 9

Define synergistic dominance

Answer 9

inappropriate muscles take over the function a weak or inhibited prime mover

Question 10

Define arthrokinetic dysfunction

Answer 10

altered forces at the joint that result in abnormal muscular activity & impaired neuromuscular communication

Question 11

Define pattern overload

Answer 11

consistently repeating the same pattern of motion, placing abnormal stress on the body

Question 12

Define Davis’s Law

Answer 12

states that soft tissue model along lines of stress

Question 13

Define static stretching

Answer 13

passively taking a muscle to the point to tension & holding for a minimum of 30 seconds

Question 14

Define active-isolated stretching

Answer 14

using agonists & synergists to dynamically move the joint to ROM

Question 15

Define dynamic stretching

Answer 15

active extension of a muscles, using fore production & momentum to move the joint through full ROM

Question 16

Define autogenic inhibition

Answer 16

neural impulses sensing tension are greater than contraction