Exercise Science Exam 1 Flashcards
Exercise Science
Academic and scientific discipline that studies human movement and the associated responses and adaptations to movement from a multi-disciplinary perspective
Kinesiology
The study of human movement
Scientific Method
Question, research, hypothesis, experiment, data analysis, conclusion, and communication
Exercise
An activity that increases your heart rate
Physical Activity
Any voluntary body movement produced by skeletal muscles, increase energy expenditures above resting levels
Physical Fitness
Set of physical attributes that are either health related, such as body composition and aerobic fitness, or skill related, such as balance and agility
Professional Fields Supporting Exsci
American College of sports medicine (ACSM)
National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA)
Exercise Physiology
Exercise Health + Sport Performance
Clinical Exercise Physiology
Prevention + Rehabilitation
Biomechanics
Clinical + Sport Performance
Nutrition
Exercise + Health
Sport Performance
Psychology
Exercise + Health
Sport Performance
Athletic Training + Sports Medicine
Prevention + Rehabilitation
Motor Control + Learning
Clinical + Sport Performance
Professions
- Pre health professional (Medicine, physician assistant, physical therapy, nursing, chiropractic, and occupational therapy
- Applied Exercise and Sport (strength and conditioning, personal training, coaching, sports science)
- Physical Activity and Health Promotion (public health project manager, health informatics, health care administrator)
Test
Tool or instrument for measurement (Oral, written, physical, psychological)
Measurement
Act of assessing results in assigning a value to what is assessed
Evaluation
: Statement of quality, goodness, merit, value, or worthiness, can be formative or summative
Data
Must have data to support or it’s just an opinion
Objective
Certain response
Subjective
Estimated response
Validity
Accuracy
Observed Score
True score-error score
Measurement Error Factors
Participants, testing, scoring
Anatomy
study of the structure of organisms and their parts
Systemic Anatomy
study of different systems of the body
Regional Anatomy
study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body
Gross Anatomy
Structures of the body that are visible to the naked eye (big)