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    Usain Bolt Research Paper

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    Usain bolt is the fastest man in the world using a lot of force to propel him self over the finish line in record times even though his hight isn't the ideal hight to be a sprint he needs to be faster than any of the other athletes. When usain bolt runs he puts a massive amount of force into the ground. With each quick stride he takes he generates a huge amount of force.the ground produces the same amount of force to propel bolt forward. Usain would need more force to propel him forward because…

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    which depends on muscle length, load on the muscles, and degree of muscle fatigue. Feedback informs the motor control systems of the tension achieved, which is provided by vision, as well as skin, muscle, and joint receptors. Golgi tendon organs are afferent nerve fibers that supply the motor control systems with information about muscle length and tension, allowing for modification of ongoing motor programs. Muscle spindles monitor muscle length and rate of change in muscle length.2 Learning…

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    Electromyography

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    INTRODUCTION: An individual’s level of strength is not only dependent upon on the muscles involved in an action but also the nervous systems ability to activate the appropriate muscles at any one time. It is well known that resistance training can lead to an increase in maximal contractile muscle force (Aagaard et al., 2002) however; this adaptation is not primarily explained by an increase in muscle volume or muscle cross-sectional area but adaptive changes within the nervous system.…

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    Diseases of the muscular system grow more rapidly each day, especially since we use our muscles on a daily, hourly, minute, and second basis. One of the most common diseases, affecting an estimated 2 to 7 percent of the general population, is fibromyalgia. This is a chronic (long lasting) condition in which widespread body pain occurs for more than three months. Symptoms that accommodate this condition includes, but not limited to: fatigue, sleeping disorders, depression, irritable bowel…

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    genetic disorder that leads to progressive muscle weakness and degradation (Marieb & Hoehn, 2015). DMD is a recessive sex-linked disease and is often inherited through the mother. Because this condition is enacted by a mutation of the X chromosome, it is expressed almost exclusively in males, with one in every 3,600 males affected worldwide (Marieb & Hoehn, 2015). The DNA mutation leads to the absence of the protein dystrophin, which helps stabilize muscles and allows them to remain intact…

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    diagnose this. They may also do a history check on peoples’ lifestyle. Physical examination of reduction in height. l. Complications in elderly person are like blood clots in your legs and lungs Lack of movement also cause bedsores and further loss of muscle mass, increasing the risk of falls and inquiry. They can also suffer from urinary tract infection and…

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    What Is Stretching?

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    McHugh, 2015; Mascarin, Vancini, Lira, & Andrade, 2015; Pope, Herbert, Kirwan, & Graham, 1999). It uses relatively little energy, results in less muscle soreness than other stretches, it can be done is a small amount of space, and gives one a great deal of control over the joints range of motion (ROM). Static stretching consists of passively stretching a muscle by putting it into a maximum or near maximum stretched position and holding that position for a short time. These stretches are usually…

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    Essay On Muscle Tissue

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    Muscle tissue is one of the four tissues types that exist in the human body. There are three different muscle tissues, skeletal, cardiac, and smooth. Skeletal muscle tissue cells are long, striated, and have many nuclei. Cardiac muscle tissue, just like the skeletal is also in striations. These cells are short and branched. Unlike, the skeletal muscle tissue these cells die single nucleated. They are connected by intercalated discs. Smooth muscle tissue is not striated. Its Cells are short and…

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    Muscle Tissue Physiology

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    function including epithelial tissues, connective tissues, Nervous tissues, and muscle tissues. Of these tissues, the muscle tissues are composed of cells or fibers that contract…

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    The Muscular System

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    muscular system is associated with the activities of the legs, arms and other things, muscles also control facial expressions, movements and respiration. There are three types of muscles, skeletal smooth and cardiac, skeletal muscles are the only voluntary muscle tissues in the human body. The smooth muscles are found inside organs such as the stomach and the intestines, and in blood vessels. It is called a smooth muscle because…

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