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Which of the following is characteristic of proficient overarm throwing? Select all that apply.

A long contralateral step facilitates trunk rotation.

Some older adults experience a deterioration in both proprioceptive sensitivity and proprioceptive acuity.

Both maintenance of quiet stance and maintenance of dynamic balance (during movement) rely on anticipatory postural adjustments.

Very young children’s throws tend to consist of primarily what type of action?

The sound patterns to which we are exposed in infancy might be the basis for cultural preferences for certain types of music.

Deficiencies of hormones rather than excesses of hormones disturb the normal process of growth and development.

Because not all muscle fibers are differentiated to a specific type of fiber, such as type I or type IIb, we know that infants’ early activities influence the proportion of fiber types, so we can prepare them to excel at certain kinds of activities in later life.

Until age 50 years, the loss of muscle mass is slight (approximately 10% of muscle mass).

Which of the following is the fastest growing in infancy and childhood?