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RemEx Questions
Question | Answer |
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What is the range of motion of a joint? | Degree of motion allowed by the shape of a joint and the soft tissue surrounding it. |
What is functional excursion? | Distance that a muscle can shorten from the pt of max lengthening to the point of max contraction. |
What is inner range? | The postion where the muscle is completely shortened till it is halfway through its full range. |
What is outer range? | A position from half way through the midpoint of the inner range to the midpoint of the outer range. |
What is AF Rom? | Active free, client actively contracts the muscle xing the joint, moving it through unrestricted range. |
What is AA Rom? | Active assisted, when assistance is required for a client to perform an active motion. |
What is PR Rom? | Passive relaxed, produced by an external force. Client does not contract the muscles. |
What is active inhibition stretching? | The client reflexively inhibits (relaxes) the muscle to be lengthened while performing some kind of isotonic or isometric movement. |
What is passive stretching? | Contractile and non contractile tissues are lengthened while the muscles to be stretched are relaxed. (No contraction of the muscle). |
What is self stretching? | Active or passive performed by the client themselves. |
What is resistance exercise? | Active exercise where muscular contraction is resisted by an external force. |
What is static or isometric contractions? | No joint movement but muscle contraction. |
What is dynamic or isotonic contractions? | Muscle contraction where there is a jt movement. |
What is concentric movement? | Where a movement occurs and the muscle shortens. |
What is an eccentric movement? | A movement where the muscle lengthens. |