Aerobic/Anaerobic fitness assessment I

Question 1

What is this an objective of?

Cause biologic adaptation to improve performance (or function) in specific tasks

Answer 1

Exercise training

Question 2

Exercise therapy imposes a theraputive stress to injured or weakened body tissues, thereby inducing physiology adaption to improve tissue function in what type of setting?

Answer 2

Rehabilation setting

Question 3

What is the following a defintion of?

optimal functional integration of the cardiovascular, pulmonary, & musculoskeletal systems

Answer 3

Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF)

Question 4

Low levels of CRF are associated with what?

Answer 4

increased CVD mortality

Question 5

Increased levels of CRF are associated with what?

Answer 5

reduced all-cause mortality

Question 6

High levels of CRF are assoiciated with what?

Answer 6

higher levels of PA

Question 7

What is the following a purpose of?

assess the cardiorespiratory system resopnse to standarized exercise stress under objective, supervised conditions

Answer 7

Aerobic exercise testing

Question 8

CSF assessment involves the measurement of what?

Answer 8

Oxygen uptake

Question 9

What is the following a definition of?

Ability of the cardiovascular & pulmonry systems to deliver oxygen to working muscles to meet PA demands

Answer 9

oxygen uptake

Question 10

What is cardiac output

Answer 10

amount of blood leaving the heart per unit of time

Question 11

What is A-V O2

Answer 11

difference in partial pressure of oxygen in arterial and venous blood

Question 12

In lab oxygen intake is measured via what?

Answer 12

Indirect calorimetry

Question 13

What does indirect calorimetry measure?

Answer 13

Expired air volume and gas concentrations of an exercising subject

Question 14

What has the following results?

• plateau in measured oxygen uptake with increasing exercise workload
• HR that approximates age-predicted maximum
• blood lactate = about 10 mmol
• RER exceding 1.1

Answer 14

Maximum oxygen uptake

Question 15

What are the clinical tests done during CSF testing?

Answer 15

• Submaximal treadmill test (Bruce or modified bruce protocol)
• Submaximal progressive cycle ergometer

Question 16

What are the field tests done during CSF assessment?

Answer 16

• step test
• field walking test
• field run/walk tests

Question 17

How long does a submaximal treadmill test typically take?

Answer 17

6-13 minutes

Question 18

Submaximal cycling protocol

What are the watts of an untrained male and trained male?

Answer 18

Untrained: 50 - 100 watts
Trained: 100 - 150 watts

Question 19

Submaximal cycle protocol

What is the watts for an untrained female and trained female?

Answer 19

Untrained: 50 - 75 watts
Trained: 75 - 100 watts

Question 20

Tests to assess anaerobic training measures what?

Answer 20

• anaerobic power
• anerobic capacity

Question 21

What is the following test called?

Subjects cycle against a fixed resistance relative to body weight for 30 seconds

Answer 21

Wingate Anaerobic power test

Question 22

What is the following called in Wingate anaerobic power test?

indicative of atheletes ability to maintain high power output over a long duration

Answer 22

Mean power

Question 23

What is the following called in Wingate anaerobic power test?

Correlates well with percentage of fast twitch muscle fibers

Answer 23

Fatigue index