1. Muscle contraction occurs through the interaction of actin and myosin fibers, generating tension while the muscle may shorten, lengthen, or remain the same length. 2. There are three main types of muscular contractions: concentric contractions which shorten the muscle, eccentric contractions which lengthen the muscle, and isometric contractions which maintain the same muscle length. 3. Additional contraction types include isotonic where tension remains constant during length changes, isokinetic where speed remains constant, and auxotonic which is a near isotonic contraction. Each contraction type serves a distinct functional role in movement.
This document discusses key concepts relating to angular kinetics of human movement including: - Moment of inertia, which is the angular analogue of mass and depends on mass and its distribution from the axis of rotation. - Angular momentum depends on mass, distribution of mass from the axis of rotation, and angular velocity. - Newton's laws of motion have angular analogues relating to torque and angular acceleration. - Centripetal force is necessary to maintain circular motion and depends on mass, velocity, radius, and angular velocity.
This document describes stretching techniques for various muscles in the upper limb. For each muscle, it provides instructions for patient positioning and how the therapist should apply pressure or movement to effectively stretch the muscle. Positioning usually involves lying or sitting in specific orientations while the therapist uses their hands to press or pull on parts of the limb to isolate and lengthen the target muscle. A total of 58 muscles are listed with their individual stretching protocols.
Extensor mechanism of finger, very easy notes. Referred from cynthia norkin. In this ppt in last two slides u can see the identify the parts. Its like a quiz for candidates who studying this ppt. They can able to know that how well they prepared this topic. Thank you, From Liki pedia (A student physiotherapist)
The patella acts as a fixed pulley at the knee joint. By changing the angle of the quadriceps tendon pulling on the tibia, the patella increases the mechanical advantage of the quadriceps muscle, allowing it to produce greater torque and angular acceleration at the knee for the same amount of force. Other examples of bones acting as anatomical pulleys are the lateral malleolus at the ankle and the epicondyles of the femur.
Joint mobilization refers to a technique of manual therapy by which a therapist applies a brief stretch of 30s or less through traction and gliding along a joint surface.
it concentrates mainly on the movements of the knee joint and locking and unlocking of knee joint. it is more easy and simple and complete