isometric muscle

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• isometric muscle contraction — izometrinis raumens susitraukimas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Raumens susitraukimas, kurio metu raumens ilgis beveik nekinta, tik patrumpėja sutraukiančios raumenį skaidulėlės – miofibrilės, tiek pat ištempdamos… …   Sporto terminų žodynas

• Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System — Test subject seated in the MARES human restraint system and using the linear adapter to exercise his arms. The Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System (MARES), part of the Human Research Facility (HRF), will be launched in a stowed position… …   Wikipedia

• Isometric exercise — or isometrics are a type of strength training in which the joint angle and muscle length do not change during contraction (compared to concentric or eccentric contractions, called isotonic movements). Isometrics are done in static positions,… …   Wikipedia

• Muscle Energy Technique — is used in osteopathic medicine and physical therapy [ [http://www.ptadvantage.com/muscle energy techniques/index.htm Athletic Advantage Physical Therapy ] , Accessed April 28, 2008.] to treat somatic dysfunction presenting as loss of range of… …   Wikipedia

• Muscle energy technique — is a type of osteopathic manipulative treatment used in osteopathic medicine and physical therapy [1]. It is a form of osteopathic manipulative diagnosis and treatment in which the patient’s muscles are actively used on request, from a precisely… …   Wikipedia

• isometric — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having equal dimensions. 2) Physiology involving an increase in muscle tension without contraction. 3) (of perspective drawing) in which the three principal dimensions are represented by axes 120° apart. DERIVATIVES isometrically… …   English terms dictionary

• isometric contraction — muscle contraction without appreciable shortening or change in distance between its origin and insertion …   Medical dictionary

• muscle-setting exercise — isometric e …   Medical dictionary

• Muscle contraction — See also: Twitch and Tremor Top down view of skeletal muscle Muscle fiber generates tension through the action of actin and myosin cross bridge cycling. While under tension, the muscle may lengthen, shorten, or …   Wikipedia

• muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… …   Universalium

• muscle disease — ▪ pathology Introduction       any of the diseases and disorders that affect the human muscle system (muscle system, human). Diseases and disorders that result from direct abnormalities of the muscles are called primary muscle diseases; those… …   Universalium