Muscle Strengthening Physiology Flashcards
Resistive Exercise
any active exercise where muscular contraction is resisted
Hypotnoicity vs Hypertonicity
- decreased tone, flaccidity
- increased tone, rigidity
Strength
-maximum force that can be exerted by a Mm contraction
Amount of ATP needed to produce a given tension is less for ____
eccentric contractions than concentric contractions
Max tension you can get from a muscle is _____>_____>_____
-eccentric>isometric>concentric
Active Insufficiency
-decreased ability of a Mm to produce or maintain active tension because agonist is too short
Goal of Resistive Ex’s
increase strength, endurance &/or power
Tone
-Muscle’s resistance to passive ROM
Isometric Contraction
(muscle fiber contraction)
- cross bridge cycling without sliding of actin & myosin
- laboratory with fiber ends fixed
You can create max tension during _____ contractions
-eccentric
Static Contraction
Mm contraction but no movement
- expressed as MVC or % MVC
- intact muscle/real life
Dynamic Contraction
- muscle contraction that produces tension to move joint
- Concentric/Eccentric
-intact muscle/real life
Isokinematic Contraction
- movement of a joint with a constant angular velocity
- intact/real life
Active tension
- reflects the isometric force for a given muscle length
- from contractile elements
The smaller the motor unit:
the lower the recruitment threshold
Passive Tension
-tension due to stretching of passive elastic elements
-non contractile connective tissue
(epimysium, perimysium, endomysium, sarcolemma)
Length-Tension Curve based on:
- testing of isometric strength in a lab setting
- muscle detached
3 Types of Muscle Contraction
laboratory setting
- isometric
- isotonic
- isokinetic
MVC
- Maximal Voluntary contraction
- measure static contractions
Isotonic Contraction
(muscle fiber contraction)
-tension generated by fiber is constant throughout the ROM
-lab/muscle removed
Isokinetic Contraction
- muscle fiber contraction
- type of dynamic contraction where velocity is kept constant
-lab
Types of Muscle Contraction
real-life
- Static
- Isokinematic
- Dynamic (concentric/eccentric)
Intact Mm Strength depends on:
- number of cross bridges
- length of moment arm
- passive restraints of antagonist
- normal length
2 Types of Dynamic Contraction
- concentric
- eccentric
Hypertrophy
increased individual fiber size due to increased # of actin/myosin
Eccentric Contraction
-Contraction where ends of muscle move apart
Concentric
-Contraction of muscle where ends move towards each other
1 RM
- 1 repetition max
- max amount of weight that can be lifted through the entire ROM using proper technique one time
Larger Motor Unit=
- greater tension
- higher recruitment threshold