PNF

Question 1

Contraindications to stretching - 5 of them

Answer 1

Bony Block 
Recent Fracture 
Acute inflammation 
Sharp acute pain with joint movement.
Acute haemotoma

Question 2

Contraction definitions 
Agonist 
Antagonist
Isometric 
Isotonic 
Concentric 
Eccentric

Answer 2

Produce movement 
Relax to allow movement to occur 
Static contraction/ no mvmt
Dynamic contraction/ mvmt occurs with reciprocal inhibition of antagonist to allow mvmt.
Muscle shortens 
Muscle lengthens

Question 3

Why do muscles become tight

Answer 3

Neuronal changes - Changes in CNS activity - Tone
Excitatory and inhibition

Non Neuronal changes
Changes in muscle structure
Positioning - Postural

Question 4

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Definition

Answer 4

Method of promoting or hastening the response of the neuromuscular proprioceptors

Question 5

Proprioception meaning

Answer 5

Knowing where you are in space - sensory receptors concerned with movement and position of the body

Question 6

what does Neuromuscular system compose of

Answer 6

Nerves and muscles

Question 7

Facilitation

Answer 7

Hastening of a natural process
Results from reducing nerve resistance through one stimulus, allowing a second stimulus to more easily evoke a response.
Making it easier

Question 8

Muscle spindle

Answer 8

One type of proprioceptor that provides information about changes in muscle length

Question 9

Golgi tendon organ

Answer 9

Proprioceptor that provides information about changes in muscle tension