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• School: LSU
• Department: African & African American Studies
• Course: AAAS 2511
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Functional capacity of the joints to move through a full range of motion (rom) An intrinsic property of the body tissues that determines the rom achievable without injury at a joint or group of joints. Gold standard: laboratory assessment of the rom of a specific joint. Probably don"t think of flexibility on a daily basis unless you"re injured. Adequate lower back and hip flexibility may decrease likelihood of lower back pain. Differences in rom between left and tight sides may indicate/precipitate musculoskeletal problems. Extremes of flexibility and inflexibility increase risk of sport-related injury: pregnant women have increased flexibility to joints. Specificity flexibility is individualized for each joint: this eliminates the possibility of singular test, need multiple tests specific to joints. Warm-up necessary before assessing flexibility: whole body aerobic exercises, passive stretching and rom exercises. Most widely used flexibility test in physical fitness programs.