Isometric Exercises

Duration: 3:12
Description: Student demonstration video. Students describe isometric exercises and provide examples of isometric exercises.

Concentric and Eccentric Exercises

Duration: 4:13
Description: Demonstration and explanation of concentric and eccentric contractions by physical therapy faculty.

Progressive Resistance Exercises

Duration: 34:56 
Description: Inservice presented by a physical therapist to an audience of rehabililtation professionals to learn how to progress a patient’s exercise program based on evidenced based techniques safely and creatively. It’s a little long, but the information is evidence-based and user friendly. Since it was designed for professionals and not students, it may be little more than what you need to know now. But, sometimes talking about these concepts in an advanced framework helps the student see how it all fits together.

Muscle Anatomy and Physiology

• Types of Muscles
  • Introduction to muscle types
  • Three types of muscle
• Skeletal Muscle Structure
  • Anatomy of a muscle cell
  • Skeletal muscle structure
  • Sarcomere
• Muscle Fiber Types
  • Muscle Fibers Explained
  • Type I and Type II Muscle Fibers
• Muscle Physiology
  • Skeletal muscle contraction
  • Actin and myosin
  • Animated muscle contraction
• Related Quizzes
  • Principles of Strengthening (PT version)
  • Principles of Strengthening (PTA version)