NASM Flexibility Training Final Exam with Correct Answers

NASM Flexibility Training Final Exam with Correct Answers Define: Neuromuscular Efficiency - CORRECT ANSWER-The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists, and stabilizers to work synergisticilly to produce, reduce, and dynamically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three plains of motion Define: Postural Distortion Patterns - CORRECT ANSWER-Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances Define: Relative flexibility - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendancy of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns ( if the muscles are lengthened, inelastic connective tissue fibers acts as road blocks, preventing the muscle fibers from moving properly. This causes alterations in normal tissue extensibility and causes Relative Flexibility) What are the three causes of Muscle imbalances? - CORRECT ANSWER-Altered reciprocal inhibition, synergistic dominance, arthrokinematic dysfunction Define: Reciprocal inhibition - CORRECT ANSWER-Simultaneous relaxation of one muscle and the contraction of its antagonist to allow movement to occur. Give and example of reciprocal inhibition. - CORRECT ANSWER-During a bicep curl the biceps contract and as a result of reciprocal inhibition, the tricep head relaxes (the antagonist) Define: Altered Reciprocal inhibition - CORRECT ANSWER-The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist. What does altered reciprocal inhibition lead to? - CORRECT ANSWER-It alters force couple relationships, produces synergistic dominance, and leads to the development of faulty movement patterns Define: Synergistic dominance - CORRECT ANSWER-Occurs when synergists take over as prime movers due to weak or inhibited prime movers Define: Arthrokinetic Dysfunction - CORRECT ANSWER-altered forces at the join that result in abnormal muscular activity and impaired neuromuscular communication at the joint