Most contractions, however, are done consciously, but without really noticing it; no one is aware of the work the biceps, triceps, deltoids, and trapezium do to bring a piece of food to our mouths. ... Muscles are build up in several layers. ... The fast-twitch type fibres are the ones most able to grow in mass. ... One RM is the weight a person can lift, using the correct technique, with which he can make only one repetition before exhaustion sets in. ... It also enables him to completely change his programme every six weeks, which is necessary to keep on stimulating the muscles to grow, beca...

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This term refers to non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that limit and impair the movement, balance, and posture of one's body. ... Based on Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Spastic Cerebral Palsy is broken up into 5 categories: 1. diplegia which affects only one side of the body, 2. hemiplegia which affects the arms or the legs, and 3. quadriplegia which affects all the limbs 4. monoplegia which affects one single limb 5. triplegia which affects three limbs (Anderson, Kenneth, et al 8) This type of CP resulted due to the damage located within the motor cortex which contro...

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This term refers to non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that limit and impair the movement, balance, and posture of one's body. ... Based on Mosby's Medical Dictionary, Spastic Cerebral Palsy is broken up into 5 categories: 1. diplegia which affects only one side of the body, 2. hemiplegia which affects the arms or the legs, and 3. quadriplegia which affects all the limbs 4. monoplegia which affects one single limb 5. triplegia which affects three limbs (Anderson, Kenneth, et al 8) This type of CP resulted due to the damage located within the motor cortex which contro...

• Word Count: 4974
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate