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Acute Responses to Strength/Endurance Training - ANS ✓Increase HR
and BP, SV (eccentric)
Chronic Responses to Strength/Endurance Training - ANS
✓Hypertrophy, hyperplasia, muscle fiber transformation, increase in
connective tissue
Hypertrophy - ANS ✓Increase in muscle size
Hyperplasia - ANS ✓Increase in number of cells
Traumatic/Acute Muscle Injuries - ANS ✓Contusions/bruises, muscle
strains, AOMS, DOMS, joint subluxation/dislocation, ligament sprains
Overuse/Chronic Muscle and Joint Injuries - ANS ✓tonditis, fasciitis,
bursitis, osteoarthritis, shin splints, patello-femoral pain
RICE - ANS ✓Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation, (Stabilization)
Symptoms of Angina - ANS ✓Chest pain and pressure, radiating jaw pain,
shortness of breath, subscapular pain
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Heat Exhaustion - ANS ✓Cool, moist, pale or flushed skin, dizziness,
weakness, heavy sweating, body temperature near normal
Heat Stroke - ANS ✓Red, hot, dry skin, rapid weak pulse, changes in level
of consciousness, vomiting, body temperature as high as 105F
Hydration Recommendation - ANS ✓16 fl. oz water for every lb lost
during exercise
Antihypertensive Medication - ANS ✓Reduces high BP, can cause
reduced BP in exercise
Psychotropic Medication - ANS ✓Can slow down metabolism
Beta-Blocker Medication - ANS ✓Reduces resting and exercise HR and BP
Caffeine as Erg. Aid - ANS ✓May extend endurance in moderate aerobic
exercises, mobilizes FFA into blood stream
1st Class Lever - ANS ✓Primarily for balance, see saw
Ex. Head on cervical vertebrae
2nd Class Lever - ANS ✓Primarily for power
Wheel barrow
Ex. Plantar flexion while walking
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3rd Class Lever - ANS ✓Primarily for ROM, always physiological
disadvantaging movement, distance between lever and fulcrum is smallest;
75% of skeletal system
Ex. Shovelling motion
Elbow flexion
Lever-Pulley-Fulcrum - ANS ✓Bones-Muscles-Joints
Sagittal Plane - ANS ✓Divides body into left and right segments
Flexion/extension movements
Frontal Plane - ANS ✓Divides body into anterior and posterior segments
Abduction/adduction movements, some fl/ex
Horizontal Plane - ANS ✓Divides body into superior and inferior
segments
Ab/adduction along horizon
Chest, traps, upper back, obliques
Supine/prone - ANS ✓Face up/face down
Anterior/posterior - ANS ✓Front/back
Proximal/distal - ANS ✓Closer to trunk/further from trunk
Superior/inferior - ANS ✓Above/below
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