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1
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Relative flexibility

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The tendency of the body to seek the path of least resistance during functional movement patterns

2
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Altered reciprocal inhibition

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The concept of muscle inhibition, caused by a tight agonist, which inhibits its functional antagonist

4
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Dynamic stretch

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The active extension of a muscle, using force production and momentum, to move the joint through the full available range of motion

6
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Postural distortion patterns

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Predictable patterns of muscle imbalances

7
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Active-isolated stretch

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The process of using agonists and synergists to dynamically move the joint into a range of motion

9
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Autogenic inhibition

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The process by which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles

11
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Dynamic range of motion

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The combination of flexibility and the nervous system’s ability to control this range of motion efficiently

12
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Arthrokinetic dysfunction

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Altered forces at the joint that result in abnormal muscular activity and impaired neuromuscular communication at the joint

15
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Synergistic dominance

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The neuromuscular phenomenon that occurs when inappropriate muscles take over the function of weak or inhibited prime mover

16
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Static stretching

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The process of passively taking a muscle to a point of tension and holding the stretch for a minimum of 30 seconds

18
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Extensibility

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Capability to be elongated or stretched

19
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Davis’s law

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States that soft tissue models along the lines of stress

20
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Arthrokinematics

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The motions of joints in the body

22
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Pattern overload

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Consistently repeating the same pattern of motion, which may place a normal stress on the body

23
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Muscle imbalance

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Alteration of muscle length surrounding a joint

25
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Neuromuscular efficiency

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The ability of the neuromuscular system to allow agonists, antagonists and stabilizers to work synergistically to produce, reduce, and dynamically stabilize the entire kinetic chain in all three planes of motion

26
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Flexibility

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The normal extensibility of all soft tissues that allows the full range of motion of a joint

27
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Reciprocal inhibition

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The simultaneous contraction of one muscle and the relaxation of its antagonist to allow movement to take place