KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Injury Prevention, Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia
29 Mar 2016
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Healthy muscles allow a person to move freely and to keep the body responsive and strong. Relationship among muscle, movement and physical activity: muscles produce force or tension - applied or expressed in types of ii. contractions. Contractions support a variety of movements (fundamental and specialized motor skills: movements are coordinated into actions or physical activity. Healthy muscles allow for the ability to perform coordinated activities associated with: Functional tasks for daily living meeting demands (lifting, bending, turning); safety, Leisure purposeful movements, and: work occupation-orientated activity. Sport from personal bests to elite level. Improved body composition: enhanced self-image and quality of life. Increased muscle strength and endurance help ip by: maintaining and improving posture, encouraging proposer body mechanics with adl; also sport, occupation, Strengthening abdomen, hips, lower back, and legs prevent low back pain. Increasing muscle mass (ffm; lm) results in relatively lower fat mass therefore favouring body composition or components with less fat.
