Exercise 101 Flashcards
Common goal of PT and exercise
bring improvements in strength and aerobic capacity, flexibility, and improved functional capacity
Aerobic exercise / reconditioning
- enhanced pulmonary performance
- enhanced cardiac performance
- enhanced blood flow
- enhanced ability of tissue to extract and utilize delivered O2
What measure is used as an indirect assessment of aerobic capacity?
VO2 max
Reaching VO
- RER > 1.15
- Leveling off O2 consumption despite increased workload
- elevated lactate levels
- achievement of age predicted HR max
What is the gold standard for determining cardiorespiratory fitness
VO2 max
VO2 max, or max oxygen consumption, refers to
maximum amount of O2 that an individual can utilize during intense or max exercise
Factors that influence VO2 max
1. Gender 2, Family Hx 3. Age 4. Body composition 5. Training status 6. Altitude
Tests used for assessing submax exercise capacity
- 6 min walk test
- Fixed Work Load Tests
- Submaximal Treadmill Test
- Step Test
- Cycling tests
- Duke Activity Scale
- Grodin Leisure Time Questionnaire
- Wearables
What test for submax exercise uses paper and pencil
Duke Activity Scale
Estimating VO2 peak
- describe max aerobic capacity / max fitness status of an individual
- use it to write exercise prescription
- use it to demonstrate improvement in exercise capacity associated w/reconditioning
- develop treatment goals
Physical benefits of CV exercise
1, reduce body fat
- increase aerobic capacity
- increase lung volume
- reduces demands on the heart
- lowers BP
- reduces RF for many diseases
Mental benefits of CV exercise
- reduces anxiety
2. improves mild-mod depression, self esteem, and mood
1 MET = __ ml/kg/min
3.5
Anaerobic Fitness:
Determinants of Str
- # of motor units recruited
- Frequency of motor unit firing
- Quality of motor unit synchronization
- Muscle Fiber Type
- Cross sectional area and Str
Assessments for anaerobic fitness
- MMT
- 1 rep max
- 8-10 rep max test
- Hand held dynamometer
- Isokinetic testing
- Power testing (wingate, stair tests)