Chapter 24 Flashcards
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Factors that can impair fitness & stamina
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Sedentary lifestyle
Health problems
Obesity
Advanced age
Smoking
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Benefits of physical exercise
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Lower risk of hypertension
Lower risk of diabetes
Lose risk of adverse blood lipid (LDL)
Improves bowel function
Signs a person may have life threatening cardiovascular symptoms during exercise
Elevated pulse rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure
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Client family teaching
A safe exercise program
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Seek preliminary exercise fitness evaluation from a HCP or sports trainer
Increase physical activity over time-30 mins a day for beginner
Wear supportive shoes
Avoid alcohol
Cool down at least 5 minutes
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Active exercise
4
Combing hair
Squeezing soft ball
Finger climbing wall
Swinging rope on a door knob
Bending to decrease angle between two adjoining bones
Flexion
Straightening to increase the angle between two adjoining bones up to 180
Extension
Moving away from midline
Abduction
Moving toward midline
Adduction
Turning downward
Pronation
Turning upward
Supination
Turning sole of foot toward midline
Inversion
Turning sole of foot away from midline
Eversion
Amount of body tissue that is lean versus the amount that is fat
Body composition
Height, weight, BMI, skinfold thickness
Determine factors of body composition
Provide an objective measure of current fitness level & potential for safe exercise. Helps establish safe parameters for level and duration of exercise
Fitness test
Test electrical conduction through the heart during max activity
Stress electrocardiogram (stress test)
Physical activity performed by healthy adults
Develops and maintains cardio respiratory function, muscle strength and endurance
Fitness exercise
The measurement of energy and oxygen consumption during exercise
Metabolic energy equivalent (MET)
How to calculate target heart rate
Age minus 220
Muscles shorten & lengthen during contraction
Isotonic exercise
Stationary exercise
Isometric
Continuous recording of heart rate and rhythm during normal activity. Client wears a holster monitor for 24 hours
Ambulatory electrocardiogram
Involves a timed stepping activity
CPR certified and AED should be available
Step test