Chapter 1 Table 1.3 and Table 1.4 Flashcards
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Tissue Characteristics
Stage of healing
Suggestive of Lower Tolerance: Acute stage Postsurgical
Suggestive of Higher tolerance: Remodeling stage
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Tissue Characteristics
Overall integrity
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Fatty infiltrate atrophied
Suggestive of higher tolerance: Sound architecture, morphology and substrate expected
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Tissue Characteristics
Plasticity and adaptability
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Low potential
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: High potential
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Exercise capacity
Overall health
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Deficits in multiple components of movement system, BMI
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: Most body systems are healthy; history of exercise
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Exercise capacity
Motor control
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Poor coordination, dexterity; lack stability in adjacent regions
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: coordinaated in most gross and fine motor activities; Good stability in adjacent joints and regions
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Exercise capacity
Strength
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Deficient in multiple areas
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: Minimal to moderate limitations
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Exercise capacity
ROM
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Limited
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: close to or at normal limits
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Patient Characteristics
Motivation
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Low
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: High
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Patient Characteristics
Demographics
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Elderly Health desert
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: Young
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Patient Characteristics
Support system
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Poor
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: Strong; Broad
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Patient Characteristics
Comorbidities/Precautions
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Multiple comorbidities; Several precautions
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: Few or none
Modifiers That Influence Exercise Prescription
Patient Characteristics
Goals/Expected Outcomes
Suggestive of lower tolerance: Low level
Suggestive of Higher Tolerance: Functional; Achievable
Variables used to progress and regress therapeutic load:
Exercise Dose
Variable to manipulate: Volume
- amount of resistance
- number of repititions, sets
- length of hold
Variables used to progress and regress therapeutic load:
exercise mode
Veriable to manipulate: Resistance type
- Gravity/body weight
- Weights
- Pully system
- Manual resistance
- Elastic band
- Isokinetic dynamometer
- Plyometrics
Variables used to progress and regress therapeutic load:
exercise mode
Veriable to manipulate: Stretch type
- Passive
- Dynamic
- PNF
Variables used to progress and regress therapeutic load:
Exercise speed
- Slow, Medium, Fast
- Ballistic
- Isokinetic
Variables used to progress and regress therapeutic load:
Contraction type
- Eccentric
- Isometric
- Concentric
Variables used to progress and regress therapeutic load:
External Load
- Self (patient)
- Therapist
- Device
Variables used to progress and regress therapeutic load:
Patient Position
Gravity eliminated/challanged
supported/unsupported
Joint angle and stability
open vs. closed chain
