Chapter 7 Flexibility Training Concepts Flashcards
What is Extensibility?
Capability to be elongated or stretched
What is Dynamic Range of Motion?
The combination of flexibility and the nervous system’s ability to control this range of motion efficiently
What is Neuromuscular Efficiency?
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists, and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce, reduce, and dynamically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion
What are Postural Distortion Patterns?
Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances
What is Relative Flexibility?
The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns
What is Altered Reciprocal Inhibition?
The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its its functional antagonist
What is Arthrokinetic Dysfunction?
Altered forces at the joint that result in abnormal muscular activity and impaired neuromuscular communication at the joint
What is Autogenic Inhibition?
The process by which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles
What is Pattern Overload?
Consistently repeating the same pattern of motion, which may place abnormal stresses on the body
What is Davis’s Law?
States that soft tissue models along the lines of stress
What is Static Stretching?
The process of passively taking a muscle to the point of tension and holding the stretch for a minimum of 30 seconds
What is Dynamic Stretch?
The active extension of a muscle, using fore production and momentum, to move the joint through the full available range of motion
