Nasm Cpt 4: Chapter 7

Front 1

Dynamic Range of Motion

Back 1

Combination of flexibility and the nervous system's ability to control this range of motion efficiently

Front 2

Neuromuscular Efficiency

Back 2

Ability of the nervous system to recruit the correct muscles (agonists, antagonists, synergists and stabilizers) to produce force (concentrically), reduce force (eccentrically) and dynamically stabilize (isometrically) the body's structure in all three planes of motion.

Front 3

Postural Distortion Patterns

Back 3

Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances.

Front 4

Relative Flexibility

Back 4

Tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns.

Front 5

Muscle Imbalances

Back 5

Alterations of muscle length surrounding a joint

Front 6

Reciprocal Inhibition

Back 6

Simultaneous contraction of one muscle and the relaxation of its antagonist to allow movement to take place

Front 7

Altered Reciprocal Inhibition

Back 7

Concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist

Front 8

Synergistic Dominance

Back 8

Neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when inappropriate muscles take over the function of a weak or inhibited prime mover

Front 9

Arthrokinematics

Back 9

Motion of joints in body

Front 10

Arthrokinetic Dysfunction

Back 10

Altered forces at the joint that result in abnormal muscular activity and impaired neuromuscular communication at the joint

Front 11

Autogenic Inhibition

Back 11

Process by which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles.

Front 12

Pattern Overload

Back 12

Consistently repeating the same pattern of motion, which may place abnormal stresses on the body

Front 13

Davis's Law

Back 13

States that the soft tissue models along the lines of stress

Front 14

Static Stretching

Back 14

Process of passively taking a muscle to the point of tension and holding the stretch for a minimum of 30 seconds (low force with longer duration)

Front 15

Active-Isolated Stretching

Back 15

Process of using agonists and synergists to dynamically move the joint into a range of motion

Front 16

Dynamic Stretching

Back 16

Active extension of a muscle, using force production and momentum to move the joint through the full available range of motion.

Front 17

Corrective Flexibility, Active Flexibility, Functional Flexibility

Back 17

The three phases of flexibility training within the OPT Model

Front 18

Corrective Flexibility

Back 18

Designed to increase joint ROM, improve muscle imbalances and correct altered joint motion. (uses self-myofascial release, static stretching)

Front 19

Active Flexibility

Back 19

Designed to improve the extensibility of soft tissue and increase neuromuscular efficiency by using reciprocal inhibition (uses self-myofascial release, active-isolated stretching)

Front 20

Functional Flexibility

Back 20

Uses self-myofascial release techniques and dynamic stretching (requires integrated, multi planar soft tissue extensibility with optimal neuromuscular control, through the full ROM, or essentially movement without compensations)

Front 21

Flexibility

Back 21

The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allows the full range of motion of a joint.

Front 22

Extensibility

Back 22

Capability to be elongated or stretched.