KINE 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Adipose Tissue, Proprioception
29 Mar 2016
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Flexibility is joint-specific and varies from one individual to the next! Sex: women have more flexibility than men do: age: decreases the extensibility of soft tissue, bone and joint capsule characteristics. Joint structure (shape of the bones), joint cartilage, ligaments, tendons. Sedentary living: the most significant contributor: muscle temperature. Responsible for as much as 20% of the flexibility of a joint. One reason for warming-up before vigorous exercise: the amount of adipose (fat) tissue in and around joints and muscle tissue. Injury to muscle tissue and tight skin from excessive scar tissue. Plastic elongation: the permanent lengthening of soft tissue: non-elastic tissue such as joint capsules, ligaments, and tendons can undergo plastic elongation. Elastic elongation: temporary lengthening of soft tissue muscle. Located in the inner ear, they function to detect acceleration due to gravity and magnify sound. They are filled with fluid containing particles that disrupt the hairs lining the inner ear when changes in direction are detected.
