CES Terms

Eccentric muscle action

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Eccentric muscle action

Occurs when a muscle generates force while lengthening to decelerate an external load.

Isometric Muscle Action

Occurs when a muscle generates force equal to an external load to hold it in place.

Concentric muscle action

Occurs when a muscle generates force while shortening to accelerate an external load.

Isolated Muscle Function

The joint motion created when a muscle contracts concentrically.

Integrated Muscle Function

The joint motion(s) created when a muscle contracts eccentrically or isometrically

The human movement system's response to internal and external environmental stimuli.

The HMS's response to stimuli

The study of posture and movements with the involved structures and mechanisms used by the central nervous system to assimilate and integrate sensory information with previous experiences.

Integrating sensory information with past experience

The utilization of these processes through practice and experience leading to a relatively permanent change in a person's capacity to produce skilled movements.

Developing a skill through practice

Motor Development

The change in motor behavior over time throughout a person's life span.

A lifetime of learning physical skills

cumulative neural input from sensory organs that allows the body to sense its relative position in space