JUST 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Connective Tissue Disease, Motor Neuron, Silly Putty
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Overview: day to day examples, what does flexibility mean for our muscles, what can be done to help improve flexibility, difference between flexibility and mobility, pros and cons, let"s try it. The achievable range of motion at a joint or group of joints without causing injury (hoeger et al. Not just a focus for athletes: person-specific: What might be deemed as being flexible" for one person may not be the same for another person: situational: Certain conditions that could limit genetically connective tissue disorder ex. Fuses the spine making it less flexible. They develop at different rates and to different degrees. Hormonal differences will affect when each piece of the puzzle is developed. Age associated loss of muscle protein mass. Sarcopenia: age related alterations in muscle protein quantity and quality that adversely affect muscle structure, composition, and function (yarasheski, Important to maintain reserves of amino acids for the muscle as you age. If you don"t use it you lose it.
