Exercising Testing
This type of validity refers to the appearance to casual observers that a test measures what it claims to measure.
What is face validity?
RAMP
What is Raise, Activate, Mobilize, Potentiate?
In the FMS scoring criteria, this score indicates "pain" was associated with the movement at any time.
What is 0?
In math, this is the term for a number that can only be divided evenly by 1 and itself.
What is prime number?
This type of test is used to assess ability away from the laboratory and does not require extensive training or expensive equipment.
What is a field test?
This proprioceptor monitors increases in muscular tension within a tendon.
What is the Golgi tendon organ?
During the Trunk Stability Push-Up, this is the designated hand position for men, as opposed to the chin-level position used for women.
What is forehead leavel?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is jupiter?
This type of criterion-referenced validity refers to the extent to which a test score corresponds with future behavior or performance.
What is predictive validity?
This type of stretching involves active muscular effort and uses momentum and bouncing to move through a range of motion.
What is ballistic stretching?
This landmark, located at the front of the pelvis, is used along with the mid-patella to measure the Active Straight Leg Raise screen.
This is the process by which plants convert sunlight into energy.
What is photosynthesis?
This source of measurement error refers to inconsistency within the same subject being tested multiple times, rather than between different raters.
What is intrasubject variability?
This type of flexibility is the range of possible movements around a joint during passive movements and requires no voluntary muscle activity.
What is static flexibility?
In the Hurdle Step screen, the hurdle is set at the height of this specific bony landmark on the lower leg.
What is the tibial tuberosity?
This type of sentence gives a command or makes a request, such as "Close the door."
What is an imperative sentence?
This periodic reevaluation, based on mid-tests administered during training at regular intervals, is used to track an athlete's progress and guide program adjustments throughout the training period
What is formative evaluation?
This acronym refers to acute, low-volume exercise — such as heavy resistance training or plyometrics — that can temporarily enhance neuromuscular performance, attributed to an increase in neurotransmitter quantity.
What is PAPE (Post-Activation Performance/Preparatory Exercise)?
During the Deep Squat screen, this inward collapsing of the knees is explicitly listed as a compensation that should not occur for a passing score.
What is valgus?
This document, signed in 1215 in England, limited the power of the king and is considered an early step toward constitutional government.
What is the Magna Carta?