NASM CES Exam
What percentage of adults are obese in the United States? - Answer-33.3%
What percentage of adolescents are obese in the United States? - Answer-18%
What is the most common sport-related injury? - Answer-Ankle sprains
What percentage of adults are affected by low-back pain? - Answer-80%
What percentage of work-related injuries involve the trunk? What percentage of these injuries involve
the low-back? - Answer-33.3% - 60%
How many ACL injuries occur every year? - Answer-80,000-100,000
How percentage of ACL injuries are non-contact? - Answer-70-75%
Most ACL injuries occur between what two ages? - Answer-15 - 25
What percentage of the general population experience shoulder pain? And what percentage of reported
shoulder pain cases persist for at least one year? - Answer-21% - 40%
What is the most common diagnosis of shoulder pain? And what percentage does it account for
reported shoulder pain? - Answer-Shoulder impingement - 40-65%
, Inhibit - Answer-Used to release tension, and decrease activity of overactive neuro-myofascial tissues in
the body
What tool is used in the inhibit phase? - Answer-Self-myofascial release (SMR)
Lengthen - Answer-Used to increase the extensibility, length, and range of motion of neuro-myofascial
tissues in the body
What tools are used in the lengthen phase? - Answer-Static stretching and neuromuscular stretching
Activate - Answer-Used to re-educate and increase activation of underactive tissues
What tools are sued in the activate phase? - Answer-Isolated strengthening and positional isometrics
Integrate - Answer-Used to re-train the collective synergistic function of all muscles through functional
progressive movements
What tool is used in the integrate phase? - Answer-Integrated dynamic movement
What movements predominantly occur in the sagittal plane? - Answer-Flexion and extension (front to
back type movements)
Examples of sagittal plane movements - Answer-Cycling, running, shooting a basketball, and squatting
What movements predominantly occur in the frontal plane? - Answer-Abduction and adduction (side to
side type movements)
What percentage of adults are obese in the United States? - Answer-33.3%
What percentage of adolescents are obese in the United States? - Answer-18%
What is the most common sport-related injury? - Answer-Ankle sprains
What percentage of adults are affected by low-back pain? - Answer-80%
What percentage of work-related injuries involve the trunk? What percentage of these injuries involve
the low-back? - Answer-33.3% - 60%
How many ACL injuries occur every year? - Answer-80,000-100,000
How percentage of ACL injuries are non-contact? - Answer-70-75%
Most ACL injuries occur between what two ages? - Answer-15 - 25
What percentage of the general population experience shoulder pain? And what percentage of reported
shoulder pain cases persist for at least one year? - Answer-21% - 40%
What is the most common diagnosis of shoulder pain? And what percentage does it account for
reported shoulder pain? - Answer-Shoulder impingement - 40-65%
, Inhibit - Answer-Used to release tension, and decrease activity of overactive neuro-myofascial tissues in
the body
What tool is used in the inhibit phase? - Answer-Self-myofascial release (SMR)
Lengthen - Answer-Used to increase the extensibility, length, and range of motion of neuro-myofascial
tissues in the body
What tools are used in the lengthen phase? - Answer-Static stretching and neuromuscular stretching
Activate - Answer-Used to re-educate and increase activation of underactive tissues
What tools are sued in the activate phase? - Answer-Isolated strengthening and positional isometrics
Integrate - Answer-Used to re-train the collective synergistic function of all muscles through functional
progressive movements
What tool is used in the integrate phase? - Answer-Integrated dynamic movement
What movements predominantly occur in the sagittal plane? - Answer-Flexion and extension (front to
back type movements)
Examples of sagittal plane movements - Answer-Cycling, running, shooting a basketball, and squatting
What movements predominantly occur in the frontal plane? - Answer-Abduction and adduction (side to
side type movements)
