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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Goutlike symptoms - joint pains - increased uric acid
Molybdenum
Subjective Information
lient Medical History (4)
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Knees-Move Inward-Overactive
2. Predictable Patterns of Muscle Imbalances
Postural Distortion Pattern
VO2 Max
Stride Rate
Synergistic Dominance
3. >70 - <55 - 56-69
Glycemic Index: High - Low Moderate
Straight Percentage Method: Zone One
SAQ Drills: Seniors
Head & Cervical Spine
4. Bisects upper and lower halves
Pushing Assessment-Low Back arches-Underactive
Oxidative System
Transverse
Pushing Assessment-Head-Forward-Overactive
5. 45-65% of diet- During exercise for more than one hour 30-69 grams is adequate
Carbohydrate Intake
Proximal
Type II Muscle Fibers
Straight Percentage Method: Zone Two
6. Specific adaptation to Imposed Demands states that the body will adapt to the demand placed on it
Postural Distortion Pattern
SAID Principle
Upper Crossed Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Vasodilators
7. Intrinsic Core Stabilizers
VMO
Left Atrium
Force Couples: Should abduction
Pushing Assessment-Low Back arches-Underactive
8. Gathers O2 blood coming to the heart from the lungs
GTO
Left Atrium
Arteries
Pulling Assessment-LPHC-Low Back Arches-Overactive Muscles
9. Hip Flexor Complex - Erector Spinae - Lats
Beta Blockers : Heart Rate/ Blood Pressure
Vertical Loading
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Low back Arches-Overactive Muscles
Calcium Channel Blockers: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
10. Red Blood Cell damage or anemia - liver damage
Vitamin K
Levator Scapulae
Germanium
High Risk Stretches: Plow
11. Hypertension - congestive heart failure - and peripheral edema
Cardiorespiratory Health
Reciprocal Inhibition
Diuretics
Do Not...
12. Zone 1 - Zone 1 - Zone 2 - Zone 2 - Zone 3
High Risk Stretches: Plow
3 min. step Test ZONES - Poor - Fair - Average - Good - Very Good
Right Atrium
Bracing
13. Ankle dorsiflexion - Ankle Inversion
Mechanoreceptors
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics/ Decreased
Pulling Assessment-Head-Froward-Overactive
Arteries
14. 45-65% of diet- During exercise for more than one hour 30-69 grams is adequate
Carbohydrate Intake
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Knees-Move Inward-Underactive
Physical Activity- how much
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
15. Low intensity exercise that does not necessarily relate to the more intense exercises
Myofilaments
General Warm-up
Recommended Protein Levels: Sedentary
Ventilator Threshold
16. Increase risk of lung cancer in smokers/those exposed to asbestos
Vitamin B Carrotene
Objective Information
Force Couples: Trunk Rotation
Right Atrium
17. 10-35% of total caloric intake
Essential Amino Acids
Corrective Stretching: Myofascial Release - & Static Stretching
Mechanoreceptors
Protein Percentage
18. Receives O2 blood and pumps to body
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Alarm Reaction:Initial Reaction
Fat Recommendations
Left Ventricle
19. Thermic Effect of Food- amount expended because of digestion or 6-10% of TEE
TEF
Eccentric Phase
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Overactive
Bronchodilators
20. The distacne covered each stride
Vanadium
Subjective Information
Pulling Assessment-Head-Froward-Overactive
Stride Length
21. Gastrocnemius - soleus - hip flexor complex - Adductors - Lats - Erector Spinae
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Short Muscles
Sternocloidmastoid
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Short Muscles
Vastus Lateralis
22. Generally Used as high blood pressure medication - may also be prescribed for irregular heart rates
Beta Blockers
Myofilaments
Boron
Respiratory: Bones Responsible (3)
23. Gastrocnemius/soleus - TFL/IT band - Lats
Functional Stretching:Self Myofascial Release
Tibialus Posterior
Pronation Distortion Syndrome
Vasodilators: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
24. High stress on inside of knee - and knee cap. Shouldn't be performed by anyone w/ history of knee or lower back problems
Popular Joints: Gliding
Training Zone 1
High Risk Stretches: Inverted Hurdler Stretch
Levator Scapulae
25. Nausea - constipation - kidney stones
Ipsilateral
Plyometric training
Calcium
Diuretics: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
26. 20% of TEE
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Low back Arches-Underactive Muscles
Single Leg Squat-Knee-Inward-Overactive
Physical Activity- how much
Flexibility
27. Amount of energy expended @ rest or 70% of TEE. Resting metabolic rate- subject spends night at home and then drives to laboratory
3 min. step Test ZONES - Poor - Fair - Average - Good - Very Good
Capillaries
Ammortization Phase
RMR
28. Exercises that generate quick powerful movement - explosive concentric muscle contraction preceded by an eccentric muscle action
Distal
Plyometric training
Capillaries
Tibialus Posterior
29. Sutures of skull
Troponin
Popular Joints: Non synovial
Split routine
Protein Percentage
30. Gastrocnemius - Soleus - Peroneals - Adductors - Illiotibial head - Hip Flexor Complex - Biceps femoris
Troponin
Autogenic Inhibition
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Short Muscles
Fat Recommendations
31. Gastrointestinal distress - liver damage
Pronation Distortion Syndrome
Copper
Plyometric training
Peroneus Longus
32. On or toward back of body
Right Ventricle
Pushing Test
Posterior
Respiratory: Muscles Responsible (2) EXPIRATION
33. Neutral Position - leg vertical at right angle to sole of foot - Neutral position -not flexed or hyperextended - Pelvis neutral position - no extension or flexion - Normal kyphotic curve - not excessively rounded - Neutral Position - not in excessive
Sartorius
Pulling Assessment-Head-Froward-Overactive
Head & Cervical Spine
Pulling Assessment-Shoulder Elevation-Overactive
34. Traps - Rhomboid - Rotator Cuff
Circuit
Arms Fall Forward: Underactive
Magnesium
Lateral
35. Hip Flexor - erector spinae - latissumus dorsi
Low Back Arch: Overactive Muscles
Kinetic Chain Check Points: Static Postural Assessment
Pushing Assessment-Low Back arches-Underactive
Pushing Assessment-Low Back Arches-Overactive
36. 1.) Alarm reaction 2.) Resistance Development 3.) Exhaustion
GTO
Fluoride
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Short Muscles
3 Stages of Responding to Stress
37. Anterior tilt to pelvis - arched lower back
Agility
Vitamin K
Lower Crossed Syndrome
Rhomoid
38. Pronation Distortion Syndrome - Lower Crossed Syndrome - Upper Crossed Syndrome
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Short Muscles
Serratus Anterior
Left Ventricle
Three Basic Compensatory Patters
39. Swings from hip down to knee (long)
Backside of Mechanics
Vanadium
Sartorius
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Forward lean-Underactive Muscles
40. Ankle dorsiflexion - Ankle Inversion
Folic Acid
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics/ Decreased
Uses for Circumference Measurements(8)
Single Leg Squat-Knee-Inward-Overactive
41. Occurs when you have contracted both the abdominals -lower back - and butt muscles @ the same time
Bronchodilators
Bracing
Infraspinatus
Perimysium
42. Specific adaptation to Imposed Demands states that the body will adapt to the demand placed on it
Beta Blockers : Heart Rate/ Blood Pressure
Inferior
Respiratory: Muscles Responsible (2) EXPIRATION
SAID Principle
43. Physiologic assessments - body composition testing - cardiorespiratory assessments - static & dynamic postural assessments - performance assessments
Bench Press 1RM Test
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Short Muscles
Objective Information
Bracing
44. Hypertension and congestive heart failure
Pushing Assessment-Head-Forward-Overactive
Vasodilators
Upper Crossed Syndrome
Right Ventricle
45. Cannot be manufactured by the body so must be obtained from food and other sources. 'If Larry Loves Melony; Peter then throws vegetables'
Force Couples: Trunk Rotation
Rate of Force Production
Perimysium
Essential Amino Acids
46. Mid/Lower Traps - Rhomboids - Rotator Cuff
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-Upper Body-Arms fall Forward-Underactive
Arteries
Pulling Assessment-Head-Froward-Overactive
Bronchodilators
47. Placing stress on cardio in order to achieve optimal levels of physiological - physical - and performance adaptations
SAID Principle
Neuromuscular Efficiency
Popular Joints: Hinge
Integrated Cardiorespiratory Training
48. Mid/Lower Traps
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Underactive
Horizontal Template
Popular Joints: Gliding
Alarm Reaction:Initial Reaction
49. Forward head and rounded shoulders
Beta Blockers : Heart Rate/ Blood Pressure
Adduction
Upper Crossed Syndrome
Altered Reciprocal Inhibition
50. Large part of calve - sits over soleus
Soleus
Gastrocnemius
Relative Flexibility
Protein Percentage