Chapter 7

Question 1

the tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement

Answer 1

relative flexibility

Question 2

stretching performed to stimulate normal, functional movement

Answer 2

dynamic stretching

Question 3

the process where tension impulses are greater than contraction impulses, leading to relaxation of the muscle; occurs with self-myofascial release stretching.

Answer 3

autogenic inhibition

Question 4

applying gentle force to an adhesion (knot), changing the elastic muscle fibers from a bundled position to a straighter alignment in the direction of the muscle or fascia.

Answer 4

Self-myofascial release (SMR)

Question 5

What is the integrated flexibility continuum?

Answer 5

the three types of flexibility training in the OPT model

Question 6

What is corrective flexibility? (one of the three flexibility trainings in the OPT model)

Answer 6

used to increase the ROM at the joints, improve muscular imbalances, improve posture, and correct joint movement. Held 20-30 s.

Question 7

What is active flexibility? (one of the three flexibility trainings in the OPT model)

Answer 7

used to prepare muscles to be used during exercise; warms and prepares muscles for activity.

Question 8

What is functional flexibility? (one of the three flexibility trainings in the OPT model)

Answer 8

used in the power level of the OPT model; high demand on soft tissue and neuromuscular extensibility; moves joint through full range of motion while executing exercises.

Question 9

Myofascial release and static stretching are forms of ___ flexibility training.

Answer 9

Corrective

Question 10

In active flexibility training, you take the joint to its end range of motion and keep it there for approximately ___ seconds, and repeat approximately ___ times.

Answer 10

2 seconds; 5 times

Question 11

Self-myofascial release and active isolated stretching are forms of ___ flexibility training.

Answer 11

active

Question 12

Dynamic stretching and self-myofascial release are said to promote ___ flexibility

Answer 12

functional

Question 13

In static stretching, stretches are held for 30 seconds in order to help relax ___ through ___ inhibition.

Answer 13

mechanoreceptors; autogenic

Question 14

The ___ ___ is deactivated in static stretching.

Answer 14

muscle spindle

Question 15

In active stretching, you use ___ inhibition to lengthen and prepare muscle for activity in the short term.

Answer 15

reciprocal

Question 16

___ stretching moves your body through a full range of motion.

Answer 16

Dynamic

Question 17

Dynamic stretching uses ___ inhibition to extend the ROM of the joint.

Answer 17

reciprocal

Question 18

specialized receptors that respond to pressure inside of tissues and transmit signals through sensory nerves

Answer 18

mechanoreceptors

Question 19

sensory receptors that sit parallel to muscle fibers and are able to detect the length of a muscle / how fast it changes length.

Answer 19

muscle spindles

Question 20

Muscle spindles regulate the contraction of muscles by way of the __ __ ___.

Answer 20

Stretch reflex mechanism

Question 21

Golgi tendon organs are found where ___ attach to __ __ __.

Answer 21

tendons; skeletal muscle fibers

Question 22

sense the change in muscular tension and rate of change in tension

Answer 22

GTO (Golgi tendon organs)

Question 23

the alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint

Answer 23

muscle imbalance