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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. Normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allows the full range of motion of a joint
Flexibility
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Feet-Turn Out-Underactive
High Risk Stretches: Straight leg toe touch
Upper Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
2. Position on or toward front of body
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics/Increased
Anterior
Tibialus Posterior
Levator Scapulae
3. Hip Extension
Lower Crossed Syndrome Summary: Altered Joint Mechanics: Decreased
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Feet-Turn Out-Overactive
Pushing Test
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Forward lean-Overactive muscles
4. Anterior tibialis - Posterior Tibialis - Vastus Medialis - Gluteus maximus - medius - Hip external rotators
Endomysium
Sternocloidmastoid
Erector Spinae
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
5. On obese Clients - Comparisons/Progressions - Assessing Fat Patterns & Distributions - Inexpensive - Easy to Record - Little Technician Error - Waist Circumference - Waist to Hip Ratio
Training Zone 2
Uses for Circumference Measurements(8)
Magnesium
Do Not...
6. Carpals of hand
Glycolis
Straight Percentage Method: Zone One
Rate of Force Production
Popular Joints: Gliding
7. Can be manufactured by the body 'Alan asks Alice - can Gary go get Peanuts - syrup - & tape?'
Abduction
Pattern Overload
Overtraining
Non-Essential
8. 0.8 or .4 grams/lb
Low Back Arch: Underactive Muscles
Carbohydrate Intake
Recommended Protein Levels: Sedentary
Parameters for Reactive Training
9. Soleus - Gastrocnemius - Hip Flexor Complex - Abdominal Complex
Ventilator Threshold
C
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Forward lean-Overactive muscles
Autogenic Inhibition
10. Liver damage - bone/joint pain - dry skin - hair loss - headache - vomitting
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Lengthened Muscles
Muscle Spindle Fibers
Vitamin A
Niacin
11. Placing stress on cardio in order to achieve optimal levels of physiological - physical - and performance adaptations
Abduction
Autogenic Inhibition
Integrated Cardiorespiratory Training
Upper Crossed Syndrome
12. Deficient blood clotting
Upper Crossed Syndrome
Vitamin E
Functional Stretching:Self Myofascial Release
Carbohydrate Intake
13. Does not absorb water - passes thru digestive tract similar to its original form- reduction of colorectal cancer - hemorrhoids - & constipation
VO2 Max
Fluoride
Insoluble Fiber
Popular Joints: Condyloid
14. Internal & External Obliques
Force Couples: Trunk Rotation
Uses for Circumference Measurements(8)
3 Stages of Responding to Stress
Riboflavin (b2)
15. Biomechanical & neuromuscular dysfunction leading to altered joint movement (internally or externally rotating)
Pulling Assessment-LPHC-Low Back Arches-Underactive Muscles
VMO
Altered Arthorkinetic Dysfuction
Sagital Plane
16. Liver damage - bone/joint pain - dry skin - hair loss - headache - vomitting
Body Fat Comp: Men VS. Women
Training Zone 1
Eccentric Phase
Vitamin A
17. Forward head and rounded shoulders
Recommended Protein Levels: Strength Athletes
Upper Crossed Syndrome
C
Insulin
18. Yellow discoloration of urine - otherwise harmless
Riboflavin (b2)
Frontside Mechanics
Pronation Distortion Syndrome: Possible Injuries
Lower Crossed Syndrome
19. Hip Flexor - erector spinae - latissumus dorsi
Tibialus Posterior
Low Back Arch: Overactive Muscles
Chromium
Force Couples: Plantarflexion at foot & ankle
20. .65 and .75
Pulling Assessment-Head-Froward-Overactive
Pulling Assessment-LPHC-Low Back Arches-Overactive Muscles
Soluble Fiber
Straight Percentage Method: Zone One
21. 1.2-1.7 (.5-.8grams/lb)
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-Upper Body-Arms fall Forward-Underactive
Right Ventricle
SAQ Drills: Seniors
Recommended Protein Levels: Strength Athletes
22. Average Adult:20-25% of diet Athlete: 20%-35%
Fat Recommendations
Vitamin E
Nitrates: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Body Fat Comp: Men VS. Women
23. Neuromuscular system allowing agonists - antagonists - and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce - reduce - and dynamically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three plans of motion
Neuromuscular Efficiency
Autogenic Inhibition
VO2 R (uptake reserve)
Popular Joints: Hinge
24. Training different part of the body on seperate days
Glucagon
Feet Turn Out: Under Active
High Risk Stretches: Arching Quads
Split routine
25. Pressure within when the heart is resting an filling
Extensibility
Sternocloidmastoid
Head & Cervical Spine
Diastolic
26. Plays a roll in muscle contraction by providing binding sights for calcium & tropomyosin
Calcium-Channel Blockers
Troponin
Nitrates
Dynamic Range of Motion
27. Medial gastrocnemius - medial hamstring complex - gracilis - sartorius - popliteus
Levator Scapulae
Feet Turn Out: Under Active
Altered Arthorkinetic Dysfuction
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Feet-Turn Out-Underactive
28. Flat feet and adducted and internally rotated knees
Pronation Distortion Syndrome
Lower Crossed Syndrome Summary: Altered Joint Mechanics: Decreased
Alarm Reaction:Initial Reaction
Vasodilators: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
29. Increased oxygen/blood supply - neural recruitment to muscles
Active Stretching: Self Myofascial Release - & Active Isolated Stretching
Folic Acid
Alarm Reaction:Initial Reaction
Rhomoid
30. Movements toward midline
VO2 Max
Vasodilators
Adduction
Excessive Forward Leaning: Underactive Muscles
31. 1.2-1.7 (.5-.8grams/lb)
Oxidative System
Straight Percentage Method: Zone Two
Davies Test
Recommended Protein Levels: Strength Athletes
32. Swings across knee joint (short)
Poplites
Protein Percentage
Riboflavin (b2)
All or Nothing Law
33. Nearest to reference point
3 min. step Test ZONES - Poor - Fair - Average - Good - Very Good
Backside of Mechanics
Knees Move Inward: Under Active
Proximal
34. Hamstring complex strain - Anterior Knee pain - Low Back Pain
Upper Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
Force Couples: Plantarflexion at foot & ankle
Active Stretching: Self Myofascial Release - & Active Isolated Stretching
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Possible Injuries
35. Part of Calf - small muscle
Knees Move Inward: Over Active
Boron
Soleus
Parameters for Reactive Training
36. Cannot be manufactured by the body so must be obtained from food and other sources. 'If Larry Loves Melony; Peter then throws vegetables'
Tendons
Antidepressants
Essential Amino Acids
Extensibility
37. Sutures of skull
Integrated Performance Paradigm
Eccentric Phase
Popular Joints: Non synovial
Popular Joints: Synovial
38. Deltoid & Rotator Cuff
Lower Crossed Syndrome
Force Couples: Should abduction
Overhead Squat-Lateral View-LPHC-Low back Arches-Underactive Muscles
Physical Activity- how much
39. Adductor Complex - Biceps Femoris - TFL - Vastus Lateralis
Right Atrium
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Knees-Move Inward-Overactive
Pushing Test
Lower Crossed Syndrome: Altered Joint Mechanics: Increased
40. Frequency - Intensity - type - time - enjoyment
High Risk Stretches: Arching Quads
RMR
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Underactive
FITTE
41. Stress on neck - and spine - clients with neck or back injury should not perform this
Kinetic Chain Check Points: Static Postural Assessment
Altered Reciprocal Inhibition
Dynamic Stretching
High Risk Stretches: Plow
42. Safe - supportive shoes - proper surface - proper supervision - progressive
Parameters for Reactive Training
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Knees-Move Inward-Underactive
Gastronemius
Altered Arthorkinetic Dysfuction
43. Apart of quads - small
Par-Q
VMO
Vitamin D
Alarm Reaction:Initial Reaction
44. Neurotoxicity
Manganese
Selenium
Pushing Assessment-Shoulder Complex-Shoulder Elevation-Underactive
Nitrates
45. Gastrointestinal distress - increase heart disease
Insulin
Peripheral Heart Action
Nitrates
Iron
46. Bisects body into front and back
Respiratory: Muscles Responsible (2) EXPIRATION
Alarm Reaction:Initial Reaction
Straight Percentage Method: Zone Three
Frontal
47. Generally Prescribed for hypertension or chest pain
Rhomoid
Calcium-Channel Blockers
Selenium
Anterior
48. To move with efficiency - forces - must be dampened - stabilized - and accelerated
Oxidative System
Silicon
Integrated Performance Paradigm
Nickel
49. Adductor Complex - Biceps Femoris - TFL - Vastus Lateralis
VO2 Max
Frontal
Overhead Squat-Anterior View-Knees-Move Inward-Overactive
Muscle Spindle Fibers
50. Receives O2 blood and pumps to body
Cardiorespiratory Health
Sternocloidmastoid
Nitrates: Heart Rate/Blood Pressure
Left Ventricle