NASM CES CORRECTIVE EXERCISE SPECIALIST COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

NASM CES COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION
PAPER 2026 SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

⩥ 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