Chap 10 Flashcards
Physical and psychological test provides insight to
- Health status
- Risk for certain disease and illness
- Potential for success in athletic competitions
Fitness and functional capacity testing
assess the fitness and performance capabilities to do work or physical activity
Diagnostic testing
Can find a risk for disease or injury
Individual issues to control
Factors that could affect subjects patients so results are accurate
Cardiovascular and pulmonary functions assesments
Leg ergometer and arm ergometer
metabolic measurement equipment measures
- Amount of oxygen consumed
- Volume of air inhaled or exhaled
Pulmonary function equipment
shows how well the patient inhales and exhales oxygen
electromyography
measurement and recording of the skeletal muscles
Force platforms
absorb energy from the platform
pressure-sensitive insoles
provide continuous pressure and force during ambulation
isokinetic diometer
measures force from isometric and isokinetic energy
Magnetic resonance imagery
MRI
Muscle biopsy equipment
collection of a tissue sample from a muscle
dual-energy Xray
uses x-ray to measure bone, fat and fat-free mass
energy balance assessment
- Measure energy intake
- Measure energy expenditure
densitometry
measurement of body density
Biometrical impedance
measure of low voltage through the body
skinfold assessment
measurement of fat in different places of the body
anthropometric measurements
measurement of size and proportion of human body
general equipment for blood collection
needles, syringes and collection tubes
common blood measures
blood lipids, glucose, and lactic acids
resistance devices and exercise equipment
- elastic bands
- medicine balls
- dumbells
Rehab assessment and equipment
Ice baths
motor performance
motion capture systems
quantitive assessments
provides info on psychological states
qualitative assessments
how people make meaning of there experience in their environment
