Exercise Prescription Flashcards
What 11 categories of information need to be reviewed prior to exercise prescription?
- Review of systems: MD eval or office note
- Current medical history
- Past medical histroy
- Medications
- Symptoms
- Blood pressure (sit to stand): orthostatic changes
- Risk stratification
- Work status/ physicality of work
- Recreational activities
- Risk factors
- Goals
What 3 factors determine the volume of exercise?
FIT M F: Frequency (# sessions) I: Intensity (how hard) T: Time (duration of session) M: Mode (type of activity)
What type of patients require a high exercise volume for treatment?
- Patients who need to lose weight
What is the minimum frequency and duration of exercise required for a cardiopulmonary benefit to occur?
4 days a week; 30 minutes a day
What volume of exercise is required for cardiovascular benefits in terms of minutes/week, steps/day, and cals/week?
120 - 200 minutes/ week
10,000 steps/day
750 - 1200 cals/week
What volume of exercise is required for weight loss in terms of minutes/week, steps/day, and cals/week?
200 - 300 minutes
> 12,000 steps/day
1200 - 2000 cals/week
What are 6 measures of intensity of exercise?
- Target heart rate
- Rating of perceived exdrtion
- Rating of perceived dyspnea
- METS
- Ischemic threshold
- Oxygen saturation
What target heart rate measure is used in healthy individuals?
200 - age X 0.7
What measure of target heart rate tends to be used in cardiac patients?
- Karvonen
- (HR Max - HR Rest) X Intensity (%) + HR rest
In what patients is a MET measure appropriate?
@Pts with an irregular heart rate.
What % max MET should be used for exercise?
50 - 75 %.
What are 8 considerations for progressing exercise?
- RPE or RPD
- THR
- Oxygen saturation
- Change in clinical status (symptoms/ orthopedic)
- Ejection fraction
- Blood pressure
- Blood glucose
- Goals
What percent of 1rep max does resistance training begin at?
Greater than 50 %.
When may a patient begin resistance training following a MI?
- 5 weeks post surgery and 3 weeks of continuous cardiopulmonary exercise.
When may a patient begin resistance training following a CABG?
- 8 weeks post surgery and following 3 weeks of continuous cardiopulmonary exercise.
When can a patient begin resistance training following a stent procedure?
- 2 weeks following surgery.
What can be done in rehab before full-on resistance training begins?
- Light handweights and therabands.
What are 6 contraindications to resistance training?
- Symptomatic heart failure
- Severe valve disease (not replaced)
- Uncontrolled arrhythmias
- Unstable symptoms
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- High intensity training with active retinopathy
What is hypertension?
SBP > 160
DBP > 100