ISSA Corrective Exercise Intro

Question 1

A person who instructs and prescribes exercise

Answer 1

Personal Trainer

Question 2

A licensed health-care professional who helps patients reduce pain, improve mobility, and enhance movement patterns.

Answer 2

Physical Therapist

Question 3

A group of tendons and four muscles that attach the upper arm to the shoulder blade

Answer 3

Rotator Cuff

Question 4

Any physical, psychological, or environmental factor that can increase a person’s likelihood of developing an injury or disease.

Answer 4

Risk Factor

Question 5

The position of a person’s body while standing, sitting, or moving.

Answer 5

Posture

Question 6

An anterior positioning of the cervical spine

Answer 6

Forward Head Posture

Question 7

The maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation.

Answer 7

Vital Capacity

Question 8

An abnormal forward curvature of the thoracic spine

Answer 8

Thoracic Kyphosis

Question 9

The number of deaths within a specific population of people.

Answer 9

Mortality Rate

Question 10

The shock-absorbing, gel-filled structure between each vertebra.

Answer 10

Intervertebral Disc

Question 11

A form of exercise that requires a large percentage of a person’s physical power.

Answer 11

High-intensity Exercise

Question 12

A strength sport that requires a person to lift the largest load possible for one repetition in the squat, deadlift, and bench press.

Answer 12

Powerlifting

Question 13

A physical motion occuring at one or more joints that is influenced by mobility, stability, posture, and motor control.

Answer 13

Movement

Question 14

The snatch and the clean and jerk.

Answer 14

Olympic Lifts

Question 15

The maximal force that a muscle or muscle group can generate

Answer 15

Strength

Question 16

The ability to move freely through a normal range of motion using minimal effort.

Answer 16

Mobility

Question 17

The process of activating and coordinating muscles during movement

Answer 17

Motor Control

Question 18

A physician who specializes in restoring normal function to the bones, muscle, and nervous system.

Answer 18

Physiatrist

Question 19

A licensed clinician trained to restore interactions between the spine and nervous system

Answer 19

Chiropractor

Question 20

A physician who specializes in treating disease and injury with medicine

Answer 20

Medical Doctor

Question 21

The faulty execution of an exercise or multiple-joint movement due to a lack of mobility, stability, posture, and/or motor control.

Answer 21

Movement Dysfunction

Question 22

When one muscle is stronger and/or stiffer than is the muscle that opposes its actions.

Answer 22

Muscle Imbalance

Question 23

A ligament that attaches on the femur and tibia that resists excessive motion at the knee joint

Answer 23

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)

Question 24

A body that is able to withstand wear or damage

Answer 24

Durable Body

Question 25

The act of removing restrictions from muscles and connective tissues.

Answer 25

Soft Tissue Mobilization

Question 26

A health-care professional trained to help prevent and treat physical injuries

Answer 26

Athletic Trainer

Question 27

A relatively automatic movement pattern produced by the nervous system.

Answer 27

Motor Program

Question 28

The area of communication between two neurons or between a neuron and muscle.

Answer 28

Synapse

Question 29

The brain, spinal cord, and associated nerves

Answer 29

Nervous System

Question 30

The knowledge a person acquires through observation and experience.

Answer 30

Empirical Evidence

Question 31

A movement that is useful for its intended purpose.

Answer 31

Functional Movement

Question 32

The general well-being of an individual.

Answer 32

Quality of life.