KIN 2504 Chapter : Chapter 6

• School: LSU
• Department: Kinesiology: Professional Courses/Basic Activity Courses
• Course: KIN 2504
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Flexibility can be classified as static or dynamic: static (or passive) flexibility, dynamic (or active) flexibility. Joint: the point of contact between two or more bones. Joint stability is supported by surrounding muscles and tendons. Also limits range of motion in joints. Has receptors on muscles and tendons that interpret muscular information. Receptors include golgi muscle tendons and muscle spindles (stretch receptors). When muscles get the message to contract, it triggers the stretch reflex. Individual factors: genetics, age, body type, activity level, health status, collagen: Sit-and-reach test: a common measure of flexibility, measures lower back, hip, and hamstring muscle flexibility. Range-of-motion tests: evaluate your joint range of motion as compared against that of others. Apply the fitt program principles: frequency: how often you stretch, intensity: how far you stretch, time: how long you hold or repeat a stretch, type: what kinds of stretches you use, static stretching, dynamic stretching, ballistic stretching.