Muscle tendon interactions and flexibility

Give 5 factors affecting range of movement at a joint.

When can flexibility become a problem causing increased risk of injury?

What is osteoporosis?

What is lordosis?

What is scoliosis?

What can muscle looseness do to muscles performance? What relationship proves this?

What is the effect of increased muscle compliance on sprinting ability? Suggest a potential reason why this might be the case?

What happens to muscles that are fixed at a shortened length? e.g. when they are in plaster cast?

Explain what happens when we increase sarcomeres length in relation to muscle power.

Explain how a countermovement can increase the height of a vertical jump.

Explain what happens the the muscle tendon complex during isometric contraction.