Exercise Integration Flashcards
How does exercise play a key role in prevention of pulmonary embolisms and DVT?
Nitric oxide is produced during exercise. NO dilates blood vessels, makes platelets less sticky, reduces plaque formation, reduces smooth muscle growth in artery walls and reduces ROS release.
How might people with autoimmune disorders benefit from exercise?
Exercise reduces pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha and IL-6)
How can the heat generated during exercise help prevent cancer?
Heat shock proteins generated when you body heats up to protect organs has also been shown to decrease chances of having cancer.
Why would someone take metformin for diabetes?
They are unable to exercise. It does the same thing as exercise does as far as releasing AMP to make insulin receptors in muscle more sensitive to insulin.
How does exercise make you smarter?
It upregulates schwann cells and oligodendrocytes. These help preserve myelin in nerves and may thus play a role in preserving synapses.
What must you take into account when prescribing exercise to a patient?
FITTVP. Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type, Volume, and Progression
How much energy must be burned per week by a 70kg male to produce large health benefits?
500-1000 MET-min.
