KINE 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Golgi Tendon Organ, Stretch Reflex, Muscle Spindle
Document Summary
Flexibility and back health key concepts: flexibility, stretching. The ability of joints to move through a full range of motion. Should be included in a complete fitness program, along with range- of-motion movements. Improved mobility, posture, and balance: healthy joints and pain management, possible reduction of future lower-back pain, muscle relaxation and stress relief. What determines my flexibility: flexibility can be classified as static or dynamic. Static (passive) flexibility: a measure of the limits of a joint"s overall range of motion. Dynamic (active) flexibility: a measure of overall joint stiffness during movement. Joint: the point of contact between two or more bones. Joint stability is supported by surrounding muscles and tendons. Joint structures (cartilage, ligaments, membranes, and fluids: muscles and tendons (muscles and connective tissues, the nervous system. Also limits the range of motion in joints. Has receptors on muscles and tendons that interpret muscular information. Receptors include golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles (stretch receptors)
