Movement Flashcards
Muscle origin
the beginning attachment point of a muscle
Muscle insertion
Where the end point of a muscle connects back to the skeleton
isolated function
the joint motion created when a muscle contracts concentrically
integrated function
The joint motion(s) created when a muscle contracts eccentrically or isometrically
Reciprocal inhibition
When an agonist contracts, its functional antagonist relaxes to allow movement to occur at a joint
Muscle action spectrum
The range of muscle contractions used to accelerate, decelerate, and stabilize forces.
Eccentric muscle action
Occurs when a muscle generates force while lengthening to decelerate an external load.
Concentric muscle action
Occurs when a muscle generates force while shortening to accelerate an external load.
isometric muscle action
Occurs when a muscle generates force equal to an external load to hold it in place.
Sensations
A process by which sensory information is received by the receptor and transferred either to the spinal cord for reflexive motor behavior, to higher cortical areas for processing, or both.
Perceptions
The integration of sensory information with past experiences or memories.
Afferent
Sensory neurons that carry signals from sensory stimuli toward the central nervous system.
Efferent
Motor neurons that carry signals from the central nervous system toward muscles to create movement.
Proprioception
The cumulative neural input from sensory afferents to the central nervous system.
Neuromuscular efficiency
The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists, synergists, and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce, reduce, and dynamically stabilize the human movement system in all three planes of motion.
Feedback
The utilization of sensory information and sensorimotor integration to aid in the development of permanent neural representations of motor patterns for efficient movement.
Internal (sensory) feedback
The process by which sensory information is used by the body via length-tension relationships, force-couple relationships, and arthrokinematics to monitor movement and the environment.
External (augmented) feedback
Information provided by some external source, for example, a health and fitness professional, video, mirror, or heart rate monitor.
Sarcomere
The functional unit of a muscle made up of overlapping actin and myosin filaments.
Cross-bridge mechanism
The collective physiological processes that cause actin and myosin filaments to slide across each other, functionally shortening the muscle as it develops tension.
Length-tension relationship.
The resting length of a muscle and the tension the muscle can produce at this resting length.
Resting length
A muscle’s state when the body is standing still; not contracting or stretching.
Neural drive
The rate and volume of activation signals a muscle receives from the central nervous system.
Overactive/shortened
Occurs when elevated neural drive causes a muscle to be held in a chronic state of contraction.
Underactive/lengthened
Occurs when inhibited neural drive allows a muscle’s functional antagonist to pull it into a chronically elongated state.
Muscle imbalance
Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint.
Kinetic chain
The combination and interrelation of the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems.
Force-couple relationship
The synergistic action of muscles to produce movement around a joint.