resistance exercise Flashcards
what are the effects of immobilisation?
- decreased muscle fibre size (atrophy)
- decreased total muscle weight
- decreased resting levels of glycogen and ATP
- reduced muscle tension produced
what does immobilisation cause an increase in?
- increase muscle contraction time
what does immobilisation cause a decrease in?
- rapid decrease ATP levels with exercise
what is there impairments in?
- strength
- power
- endurance
what is strength?
- maximum force a muscle can develop during a single contraction
- how much weight can you lift in one go?
what is endurance?
- ability of muscles to sustain force over a period
- how long can you keep lifting a weight for?
why is endurance not strength?
- not strength as works aerobically
what is power?
- rate of performing work
- how quickly can you lift a weight
how do you work out power?
- force x distance
how do you quantify max strength?
- one repetition max method
- 1RM
describe one rep max?
- increasing the weight until a single repetition cannot be completed
is the one rep appropriate for all?
- method isn’t appropriate for patients
how do you complete the max strength?
- warm up
- weight increase : progressive increase to a weight that can only be lifted to 3x
- heaviest weight achieved by increasing weight until single rep cannot be completed
what tests hand grip strength?
- dynamometry
- several devices e.g., hand dynamometer
what are the advantages of dynamometry?
+ easy and quick to perform
what is dynamometry an indicator of?
- indicator of overall strength
how do you use a handheld device?
- requires the patient to apply resistance against the device
what is the oxford grading scale for strength?
- tests resting muscle length
what scales are subjective?
- scales 4 and 5 are very subjective
- can be hard to grade
what is the oxford grade 0 ?
- no contraction
what is the oxford grade 1?
- flicker
what is the oxford grade 2?
- full active movement when gravity counterbalanced
what is the oxford grade 3?
- full active movement against gravity
what is the oxford grade 4?
- full active movement against gravity and some resistance
what is the oxford grade 5?
- full strength
- active movement against gravity and full resistance