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NASM Stretching and Flexibility questions and answers
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NASM Stretching and Flexibilityquestions and answers
Flexibility - ANSWERS✔✔ Normal extensibility (ability to stretch) of all soft tissues
(contractile and non-contractile) that allow the complete range of motion (ROM) of a joint.
functional anatomy - ANSWERS✔✔ collection of parts that mechanically move and work
together to perform tasks.
Regional Interdependence (RI) model - ANSWERS✔✔ expanded the biomechanical model
to include a total-body approach that accounts for regions away from the site of dysfunction.
Flexibility - ANSWERS✔✔ having the optimal amount of extensibility in the fascia and
muscular systems to adequately perform a physical task.
Biotensegrity - ANSWERS✔✔ The tension and compression elements that describe force
vector concepts applied to biology and the human body.
Mobility - ANSWERS✔✔ used to describe joint motion
Hypermobility - ANSWERS✔✔ More than optimal range of motion.
Hypomobility - ANSWERS✔✔ Less than optimal range of motion.
Stretching - ANSWERS✔✔ can improve flexibility and mobility. elongating the soft tissues
to improve extensibility.
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