Exercise Capacity

Question 1

What is the difference between exercise, physical activity, activities of daily living?

Answer 1

Exercise- intentional exercise
Physical activity- anything that will stress the heart
Activities of daily living- daily life activities eg getting dressed

Question 2

How do you evaluate exercise capacity?

Answer 2

Cardiopulmonary exercise test- controlled environment where person is subject to treadmill or bicycle with incremental intensity giving ecg, vo2 etc

Six minute walk test- try to cover greatest distance possible in 6min (given 20m space to go round as many times as possible)

Incremental shuttle walk- bleep test