Midterm #2 Flashcards
Define flexibility
- Ability of a joint to move through its full range of motion
- is adaptable and increases with regular stretching exercises
What are the two different kinds of flexibility
Static flexibility
Dynamic flexibility
Define static flexibility and the factors that affect it
Ability to assume and maintain an extended position at one end or point in a joint’s ROM
- stretch tolerance
- tightness of muscles
- tightness of tendons
- tightness of ligaments
What is dynamic flexibility and the factors that affect it
- static flexibility
- strength
- coordination
- resistance to movement from (joint capsule, muscles and its fascia, ligaments, skin)
What are the different factors that determines flexibility?
- Joint structure
- muscle elasticity and length
- Nervous system regulation
how does the joint structure determine amount of flex?
By nature and structure of how joint it made. Depends on:
- hinge joint
- ball and socket
- joint capsules
- hereditary
- gender
Which joint structure has 1 axis of rotation and allows flexion/extension. Give an example
Hinge joint
Ie: knee, elbow, finger
Which joint structure has 3 axis of rotation, allows for flexion/extension, abduction/adduction, circumlocution and rotation of joint?
Ball and socket joints
Ie: hip/shoulder
What is a joint capsule?
Semi-elastic structures composed of connective tissue that gives strength and stability but limits movement
what determines the muscle elasticity and length?
The connective tissue that surrounds and envelops the muscle. It gives: - structure - elasticity - bulk
What are the two principle connective tissue in muscles ?
- Collagen: provides structure and support
- elastin: makes connective tissue flexible
Name the important structural protein?
Tintin -> filament of skeletal muscle that help align proteins that cause muscle contraction. Contributes to flexibility
How can regular stretching provide flexibility?
By lengthening muscle fibers through changes in sarcome res
When should stretching occur?
- when muscle is warm - should be applied gradually
- sudden high stress is not good and can lead to damage
What is important in the nervous system for flexibility?
Proprioereception accomplished by proprioresceptors (muscle spindle and golgi tendon organ)
What is proprioreception?
- sense of self, unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation
- senses body position, posture, balance and motion
What is the role of proprioreceptors? Name them
Are sensory nerve receptors in muscles/tendons/joints that give info to CNS about movement of body.
- muscle spindle
- golgi tendon organ
What does the muscle spindle sense?
Golgi organ?
1- Changes in muscle length , located in belly of muscle
2- monitors muscle tension (Stretching), located in junction between muscle and tendon. When too much tension, GTO will release to protect tendon
What is a reflex?
Predictable, involuntary response to a stimulus
(Spinal reflex doesn’t involve the brain
What is a motor neuron?
Motor nerve cell in spinal cord - CNS will establish connection with effector skeletal muscle cell
What is an afférent nerve fiber vs. Efferent
Afférent: carries signal from periphery to CNS
Efferent: caries from CNS to periphery
What is an agonist /antagonist?
Agonist - muscle contraction that opposes the action of another
Antagonist - muscle that opposes or resist the action of its agonist
Describe muscle spindles?
- composed of muscle fibers called intrafusal fibers
- located in parallel to muscle fibers
- senses muscle length changes and control length of muscle
- when initiated -> initiate STRETCH reflex
Describe GOlgi tendon organs
- located in series with muscle fibers
- activated by contractions that stretch tendons
- monitors degree of tension
- initiates reverse stretch reflex (TENSION REFLEX)
- composed of small bundles of tendon fibers
What is the inverse stretch reflex?
- protects muscle fibers from damage of extensive tension
Where are muscle spindle located compared to golgi?
Belly of muscle (in parallel) Myotendinous junction (in series)
Muscle response of msucle spindle?
Concentric msucle action
muscle response of GTO?
Reflexive muscle relaxation
What benefits does flexibility provide?
- benefit to entire musculoskeletal system
- Flex training:
increases ROM, prevents muscle strains, increases strength, decreases risk of injury.
Does not prevent overuse injuries - joint health:
prevent deterioration, abnormalities in joint lubrification, arthritis increases balance and stability, joint health decreases with lack of exercise and age. - Prevention of low back pain:
Usually due to muscle imbalances. Can be prevented by strength and flexibility in back pelvis and thighs. No clear relationship btw back pain and flexibility - additional:
Relief of aches and pains, muscle cramps. Improved body position, strength for sport & life. Relaxation. Improved impaired mobility
how can you assess flexibility? And what is assessed?
- static flexibility (easiest to measure)
- dynamic flexibility (testing is limited )-> measures the increase in resistance during lengthening of skeletal muscle. More costly
Name the different measuring tools of direct static flexibility
- Goniometer -> Measures the ROM as the difference between 2 joint angles of extreme ROM
- Flexometer -> weight and 360 degree dial. Measures ROM for joint relative to downward pull of gravity
- Indinometer -> also gravity dependent, measures diff. Btw long axis of the movin segment and live of gravity
What is a dorsiflexion?
Plantar flexion?
Flexion of ankle joint towards shin
Extension of ankle (foot downwards)
What is an indirect methods to measure static flexibility?
The sit and reach test
- common
- provides linear measure of ROM
- research: not valid measure of low back/hamstring
Skin distraction test
What are the recommendations for stretching?
Min: all say 2-3 days/ week
Max: 4-7 days/wk (health canada) rest says 7
When should you not do flexibility training?
Before certain types of exercises as it can decrease the strength and performance.
Also when muscles are cold, increases risk of injury
What are the 3 intensity phases of stretch
1- get into position
2- continue until you sense tension
3- lowly apply stretch to point of slight discomfort
What is time recommendation for stretching?
- depends on exercise and reps
- total workout is approx. 10-30 min
ACSM and CSEP
- reps = 2-4
- times 10-30 sec
Rest times: 30-60 sec
What are the four common stretch techniques?
1- static stretch
2- ballistic stretch
3- dynamic (functional stretch)
4- proprioreceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretch
Which stretching technique is the most used, safe and commended and is gradual and holding of 10-30 sec?
Static stretch
Which stretch technique should only be used for athletes and may cause injury and involves stretches in sudden forceful bouncing movement?
Ballistic stretching
What does dynamic stretching emphasizes, what is it?
Functional movements - moving through range of motion in exaggerated way but controlled
Ie: yoga, plyo. Used by athletes to warm up
What are the different PNF stretching methods?
1- contract relax technique
2- contract relax contract technique
Which stretching technique requires a partner?
PNF stretching
What does contract-relax technique entail?
Isometric contraction before stretch at 20-75% of max for 6 sec. Activates GTO, allows greater degree of stretch
which PFN technique improves ROM more?
Contract-relax-contract
what are passive/active stretching?
Passive: outside force/resistance provided by partner, weight gravity (more risk of injury)
Active: muscle is stretched by a contraction of opposing muscle (ie: calf muscle) -> safest, most convenient
Give summary of flexibility guidelines
- perform stretch exercise statically
- stretch to mild discomfort (not to pain)
- hold 10-30 sec
- rest 30-60 sec
- perform both sides
- increase intensity and duration gradually
- perform gentle per warm up
After more than 2 months what increase in flex should be seen?
20-30% increase in flex.
What can back pain be related to?
- sudden traumatic injury of longer term results of:
- weak inflexible muscles, poor posture, poor body mechanisms
What is the function of Spinal cord?
- provide structural support for body
- surround/protect spinal cord
- support body weight
- attachment site for muscles, tendons, ligaments
- allow movement of neck and back
- composed of vertebrae
- attachement site for intervertebral disks
- has nerve root
Name the 5 sep. Regions of spinal cords?
- cervical
- thoracic
- lumbar
- acrum
- coccyx
What are intervertebral disks?
- elastic disks between vertebrae
- consist of gel and water surrounded by fibrous rings
- shock absorber for spinal cord
- hel[ maintain space between vertebrae where spinal roots are located
What are the spinal roots?
Bases of 31 pairs of spinal nerves, that branch off the spinal cord
What are causes of back pain?
- movements that cause excessive stress on spinal cord
- risk factors (age >34, disease, history, sedentary life, low job, economic status, body weight, depression)
What are underlying causes of back pains?
- poor msucle endurance/strength
- poor posture or body comp
- poor body mechanics
- strained muscles, tendons, ligaments
What are symptoms of slipped disks?
- numbness
- radiating pain
- loss of muscle function
- depressed reflexes
- muscle spasms
how to prevent low back pain?
- correct posture
- keep spine aligned
- reg exercise (to increase muscle strength/end) of abdomen and back
- perform lifestyle P.A
- maintain body weight
- dont smoke, decrease stress
how to manage acute back pain?
- Ice/heat
- OTC drugs
- short bed rest
- increase muscular endurance and flex
how to manage chronic back pain?
If longer than 3 months
- drugs, exercise, P.T, chiro, surgery
how to assess lower back muscular endurance?
- side bridge end. Test
- trunk flexors
- back extensor e. T
- front plank test
What are guidelines for low back exercises?
- > 3 days/week
- more muscle endurance than strength
- regular CRE
- use good form
name a few low back exercises?
Trunk twist
Curl up
Spine extension
Cat stretch
What is body composition?
The body’s relative amount of fat mass and fat free mass.
What is far free mass?
Water, muscle, connective tissue, organ tissue, teeth
What is fat mass?
- includes non-essential storage and essential body fat
What is non-essential storage?
- extra far stored in body within fat cells or adipose tissue
- can be subcutaneous or visceral fat (around organs)
- amount depends on age, sex, heredity, metabolism, diet etc
What is essential fat?
- include lipids incorporated in nerves, brains, lungs liver
- fat deposits are crucial for normal body functioning
- protection of body, regulate hormone production, body temp and insulate
- should be 3-5 % in men, 8-12% in women
Why is body composition important?
To see if overweight or obese and risks associated with it
What is being overweight?
Obese?
- total body weight above recommended range for good health
- more serious degree of overweight - major health risk
What is the % body fat recommended?
Men: 13%
Fem: 28%
What is the situation of obesity in Canada?
Increase tremendously since 1978 because of sedentary life, eating out, stress etc
- second leading cause of death that is treatable.
- 45% of females
62 % of males
What is metabolic syndrome that can occur with obesity and overweight?
Also called insulin resistance syndrome - brings symptoms that increase heart diseases, Type II do and other - have metabolic syndrome ie you have 3 of the following 5 symptoms: 1- large waistline 2- high BP 3- high fasting blood glucose 4- high triglycerides 5- low HDL
What are health problems associateed with obesity?
- increase risk of death from form of cancer
- CVD
- type II
- impaired immune function
- arthritis
- bone/joint disorders
- sleep disorder
- breathing rate
- back pain
- skin problems
What are the two different body fat distributions?
1- gynoid pattern (pear shape - women)
2- android pattern: mostly abdominal region (upper region, apple shape - men)
Excess fat n abdominal region increases risk for?
Hypertension, type II, mortality, early onset of heart disease, stroke, certain cancers
How is waist measurement used to measure risk?
Measures abdominal obesity and therefore indicator of risk
M >102 cm
F> 88cm
What are problems with waist circumference measurement?
External indicator and doesn’t tell you a bout subcutaneous fat
- waist to height would be a more accurate measure
Name the different types of diabetes Mellitus ?
1- type I diabetes:
- major form, serious before 30 yrs
- 10% of diab
- pancreas produces little or no insulin
2- type 2 diabetes:
- major, remaining 90% >40 yrs
- pancreases doesn’t produce enough or cell are resistant
- more in children now
3 - gestational diabetes
- 2-10% of pregnancies
What are risks associated with diabetes?
- kidney failure
- nerve damage
- circulatory problems
- heart attack
- stroke
- hypertension
What are factors that affect type II?
Age, obesity, P.inactiity, history, lifestyle
How to prevent type II?
- Reg. PA
- mod. Diet
- modest weight loss
- routine screening > 45 yrs
What are warning sings of diabetes?
- frequent urination
- extreme hunger/thirst
- unexplained weight loss
- fatigue
- blurred vision
- frequent infection
- tingling/numbness
Fasting blood glucose data?
Diabetic >7mmol/L
Pre 5.6 - 7mmol/L
What is considered to have very low body fat?
M <3–5% body fat
F < 8-12 % body fat
What is extreme leanness linked to?
- reproductive problems
- circulatory problems
- immune system
- premature death
- may develop Female athlete triad
What is the female athlete triad?
1- excess exercise or eating disorder
2- absent/infrequent mentration (amenorrhea - for three months)
3- when prolonged amenorrhea, can lead to osteoporosis and decreased bone density.