Flexibility Flashcards
1
Q
What is flexibility
A
Range of motion around a joint, series of joints (spine, shoulder)
2
Q
What is static flexibility?
A
No joint motion, static rom around a joint or series.
3
Q
What is static active (unassisted)?
A
A performer actively contracts an gnonist muscle to stretch its antagonist to move a joint, just beyond its resistance
4
Q
What is static passive assisted?
A
When a joint is moved just beyond its point of resistance with assiatcne of a partner. Assisted stretch from another part (hand) moving the elbow a little further beyond the point of resistance
5
Q
What is dynamic flexibility?
A
The resistance of a joint to movement
Rom while a joint is moving at speed.
