Fitness Evaluation Flashcards
How does caffeine influence resting and exercise HR?
↑/no Δ resting and exercise HR (quite variable)
How does medication influence BP?
↑/no Δ/↓ (quite variable)
- Who are distance run and/or walk tests suited for?
- Gender/age reccomendations for these tests?
- Relationship with cardiac episodes?
- Typically for clients who have been training for several weeks, who use running/falks walking as regular exercise. For clients who can run or walk briskly for either:
- 12 minutes
- 1.5 miles
- 1 mile
- Healthy men under 40, health women under 50
- Field tests cannot detect or control cardiac episodes b/c/ HR and BP not typically monitored.
- What is % BW testing?
- How are results of %BW testing used?
- Who should it be used for? Who should it not be used for?
- What is maximum BW used in testing women/men?
- Submaxmimal srength testing that uses %BW to determine trial load, with goal of perfomring 12-15 reps with trial load.
- Results from %BW testing can be entered into 1RM predictive equations to predict 1RM and assign training loads based on these predictions.
- Best for untrainined/inexerpienced clients b/c loads based on BW are relatively light. Not good for experienced clients who have greater strength/BW ratio → underestimated trianing/trial load.
- Women = 140lb (64kg) || Men = 175lb (79kg)
Using HR ranges, how should YMCA ergometer load be adjusted across the stages of the test
- What is 1.5 mile run test, using what 3 variables?
- What equation is used?
- What is 1 mile run, when is it used, and how are its results used?
- Test that uses how long it takes to run 1.5 miles to estimate VO2 Max with regression equation using time, bodyweight, and gender
- VO2 max (ml • kg-1 • min-1) = 88.02-(0.1656 x Body Weight) - (2.76 x time + (3.716 x gender))
- Gender: 1 = male, 0 = female
- 1 mile run = test to estimate cardio endurance for children 6-17. Time compared to normative values, no equation needed.
- What is power? What are 2 equations for power?
- What are 2 reasons why power assessments useful?
- What are 6 examples of power tests?
- Power is calculated with 2 equations
- Power = (force x distance)/time.
- Power = force x velocity
- (velocity = distance/time)
- Power assessments useful because
- Power output capacity = index of coordinated human movement, chronic function or dysfunction
- Power measurements account for neuromuscular subtleties that are often overlooked in other measures of raw force production.
- Power tests
- Vertical jump testStanding long jump
- Medicine Ball Throw
- 1RM Power Clean
- Wingate Anaerobic test (peak anaerobic power using 30 second cycler erg test)
- Margaria-Kalamen test (stair sprinting)
How to use stopwatch for counting HR?
- If using stopwatch, and start stop watch simultaneously with first beat, count first beat as zero. If stopwatch is running, count first beat as 1. Count for 6, 10, 15, 30, or 60 seconds and multiply accordingly
- What is YMCA cycle ergo test?
- What does it do?
- How many stages are there, how long does each stage last.
- When is test stopped?
- When should HR be recorded and how many times?
- What 2 non HR variables should be recorded @ end of each stage?
- When do you extend a stage and for how long?
- What is the initial workrate for YMCA cycle ergo test?
- How long should cool down last?
- YMCA = submaximal multi-stage cardiovascular endurance test.
- Progresses client to 85% predicted max HR test using 3-min stages of increasing work.
- There are 2-4 stages, lasting 3 minutes each
- Test stopped at 4th stage, or when client reaches 85% HR max
- Record 2 HR per each work rate, HR at final 15-30 seconds of stage
- Record BP and RPE @ end of each stage
- Extend stage by 1 minute if HR varies b/w 2 readings by more than 6 bpm
- Initial workrate = 150 kg · m · min–1
- At least 4 minute cooldown
What is the difference between formative Norm-referenced and criterion-referenced standard, give pros and cons for each.
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Norm-referenced: compare performance of individual against performance of others in a like category
- Uses percentiles to rank relative value score. 40% = better than 40% of people, worse than 60% of people
- Pros
- May help clients feel motivated as they climb the chart, improving their ranking
- Cons
- Doesn’t address health-related status of individual based on desirable health standards
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Criterion-referenced standards: matched to healthy levels of fitness
- Examples: BMI, blood pressure, etc.
- Pros
- Provides reasonable estimate of level of fitness required for health and goals for most people to achieve improved health
- Cons
- Disagreement on exact level of performance that accurately reflects health standards
- What is agility?
- What are 5 common agility tests?
- Agility = ability to change direction rapidly
- Speed + balance + coordination
- Agility tests
- Pro-agility
- T-Test
- Three-cone
- Edgren side
- Hexagon
- How much should sphygmomanometer be inflated?
- How should it be deflated?
- Inflate to 160 mmHg or 20 mmHg above anticipated SBP
- At max inflation, release air pressure slowly @ 2-3 mmHg / second
How does environmental temperature extremes impact HR?
How does cold enviorment impact older people?
- ↑ resting and exercise HR in extreme hot temps. variable in cold temps, dependent on body comp, acclimatization, and metabolism
- Cold temps (less than 25F) impact older people, stimulating sympathetic nervous system influencing cardiac work, total peripheral resistance, arterial pressure, myocardial contraction.
Decribe general procedures for cycle ergometer testing, including:
- How to adust seat height in relation to knee angle @ maximal leg extension
- Pedaling cadance using metronome
- Wokrload/rate equation
- Adjust seat height so slight flexion @ knee joint (5°) @ maximal leg extension
- If metronome for cadence, set 2x cadence for 1 full rotation per 2 metronome beats.
- E.g. @ 100 = cadence of 50 RPM
- Workload = work rate = power output, measured in kilogram=meters per minute (kg x m x min-1) or watts
- Work rate (kg x m x min-1) = Resistance (kg) x Distance (m) x Cadence (rpm)
- Resistance = friction on flywheel
- Distance = distance flywheel travels during one pedal revolution
- Work rate (kg x m x min-1) = Resistance (kg) x Distance (m) x Cadence (rpm)
- Cadence = pedaling cadence
What is most accurate way to measure weight?
How much do you round weight in kg and lb?
- Electronic scale or certified balance beam scale.
- Round to nearest 0.02 in kg and 1/4 lb
Fill in the blank:
- Define/describe formative evaluation
- Give examples of formative evaluations
- When should they be used?
- What are 3 reasons/benefits for using formative evaulations?
- Formative Evaluation = formal assessment with specified test protocol + subjective observations of PT. Used @ beginning and thoughout program to formulate plan.
- Flexibility, strength, endurance, muscular endurance, speed assessments
- Take place before program begins and periodically throughout training period.
- Benefits = Allow PT to
- Formulate/plan program
- Give feedback
- Make modifications to program while in progress
- Describe prone double straight-leg raise test.
- What does it measure?
- How is it conducted?
- Measure of low back muscular endurance and prediction of potential low back pain
- Client lays in prone position, hands under forehead, forearms Perpendicular to body.
- Client raises both legs to point of knee clearance
- Terminate test when client can no longer maintain knee clearance rom table.
- How is %BW testing trial load calculated?
- What is appropriate warm up between WU and trial set?
- Appropriate rest time b/w Wu and assessment?
- Trial load = BW x the factor (%) rounded down to nearest 5lb. Perform test and adjust loads accordingly.
- WU = 1 set 10 reps @ ~50% trial load
- Rest = 1-3 minutes b/w WU and assessment
What step in the test preperation process is the Selection of Facilitites and Varification of accuracy of equipment?
What are the 6 steps of selecting facilities and verifying accuracy of equipment?
- Step 3
- Identify that tests are easy to administer and are cost-effective
- Select appropriate equipment and confirm availability
- Calibrate equipment
- Provide testing atmosphere that is calm and relaxed
- Make sure assessment area is safe, clean, set up, and ready for testing
- Room temp (68-72°F and humidity 60%) Step 3
What are 2 common errors when measuring HR?
- When using carotid artery: pushing too hard, can cause baroreceptors and carotid sinuses to sense increase pressure and tell medulla to ↓ HR in response to pressure ➔ artificially ↓ HR
- Using thumb b/c it has inherent pulse that may be confusing/confounding
Identify subscapula skinfold site.
Diagonal fold on line coming from vertebral (medial) border 1-2 cm from inferior angle (bottommost point) of scapula
How do medications impact HR?
↑/no Δ/↓ (quite variable)
How does smoking and tobacco influence resting and exercise BP?
How can we mitigate these affects?
- ↑ Resting and exercise BP
- Avoid 30 minutes prior to testing
What is the correct testing order of 6 fitness tests for athletes?
- Resting tests (HR, BP, height, weight, body comp)
- Non-fatiguing tests (flexibility, vertical jump)
- Agility (T-test)
- Maximal power and strength tests (3RM, 1RM)
- Sprint Tests (40 yard)
- Local muscular endurance tests (1 minute sit up, push-up test)
- Anaerobic capacity tests (300 yard shuttle run)
- Maximal or submax aerobic capacity tests (1.5 mile run, YMCA cycle ergometer)
Identify Chest skin fold site.
Diagonal fold 1/2 distance between anterior axillary line (imaginary line extending from front of armpit downward) and nipple for men, 1/3 distance for women
- Define and describe subjective observations.
- Give examples of 5 types of of subjective observations
- How are they useful?
- Subjective observations = variable between evaluators
- Exampels include
- Posture
- Gait
- Exercise technique
- Response to cardio exercise
- Body language
- Subjective observations provide immediate opportunities for educating, motivating, and modifying activities for client.
What are the percentile rank breakdowns for fitness testing?
- 0% to 20% = well below average or poor
- 21% to 40% = below average
- 41% to 60% = average
- 61% to 80% = above average
- 81% to 100% = well above average or excellent
- Describe basic overview and merits of:
- Submaximal Cardiovascular Testing
- Maximal cardiovascular testing
- What is Peak VO2 and why is it used?
- Submaximal testing = testing that brings client to predeterimined % of predicted max HR.
- Used b/c safe
- Submaximal field tests provide valid and reliable estimations of VO2 Max
- Maximal testing = testing that takes client to limits of HR and VO2 max
- Not safe or necissary for many clients
- Requires physician supervision for moderate and high risk clien
- When chronic disease/disabilities prevent individual from reaching VO2 max, Peak VO2 is used. Peak VO2 = highest level of VO2 client can reach before sympom-limited exhaustion is reached.
What are the 10 conditions for terminating fitness test?
- Onset of _ or _-like symptoms
- _ in _ BP of > _ mmHg from baseline BP despite increase in workload
- _ in BP = SBP > _ mmHg or _> 115 mmHg
- Shortness of breath, wheezing, leg cramps, or _
- Signs of poor _ (e.g. _, dizziness, pallor, _, cold or clammy skin, or nausea)
- Failure of HR to _
- Noticeable change in _
- Clients request to stop
- Physical or verbal manifestations of _
- Failure of _
- Onset of angina or angina-like symptoms
- Drop in Systolic BP of > 10 mmHg from baseline, BP despite increase in workload
- Excessive rise in BP = SBP > 250 mmHg or DBP > 115 mmHg
- Shortness of breath, wheezing, leg cramps, or claudication
- Signs of poor perfusion (e.g. ataxia, dizziness, pallor, cyanosis, cold or clammy skin, or nausea)
- Failure of HR to rise with increase exercise intensity
- Noticeable change in heart rhythm
- Clients request to stop
- Physical or verbal manifestations of severe fatigue
- Failure of testing equipment
What 7 things should be included on a physician’s referral form?
- Description of fitness testing
- Assessment of the individual’s functional capacity
- Classification of ability to participate based on the evaluation
- Class 1 = presumably healthy without apparent heart disease, eligible to participate in unsupervised program
- Class 2 = presumably healthy with > 1 risk factors for heart disease, eligible to participate in supervised program
- Class 3 = patient not eligible for this program, and a medically supervised program
- Does patient have any preexisting medical/orthopedic conditions requiring continued or long-term medical treatment or follow-up
- Identification of preexisting conditions that may be worsened by exercise
- Prescribed medications
- Fitness program recommendations
What 2 tools are used to measure height?
What is nearest unit of measurement used?
- Standard platform scale with anthropometer arm
- Flat rigid right angled device (to slide against wall and rest on top of client’s crown)
- Round to nearest 1/4-1/2 inch
What are 9 CAD and PAD symptoms that require feferral to healthcare professional?
- Pain, discomfort (or other anginal equivalent) in the chest, neck, jaw, arms, or other areas that may be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow)
- Known heart murmur
- Unusual fatigue or shortness of breath with usual activities
- Shortness of breath at rest or with mild exertion
- Orthopnea (the need to sit up to breathe comfortably) or paroxysmal (sudden, unexpected attack) nocturnal dyspnea (shortness of breath at night)
- Dizziness or syncope (fainting)
- Ankle edema (swelling, water retention)
- Palpitations or tachycardia (rapid heart rate)
- Intermittent claudication (calf cramping)
- What is Astrand-Rhyming Cycle Ergometer test?
- What pedaling cadence is used?
- Give starting work rate for:
- Men unconditioned
- Men conditioned
- Women unconditioned
- Women Conditioned
- When is first HR taken and how is work load adjusted based on HR reading?
- When are final HRs taken and how are they used?
- Single stage, submaximal cardiovascular endurance test. It lasts 6 minutes at constant work rate that keeps client HR above 120
- Cadence = 50 rpm
- Starting work rate:
- Men unconditioned 300 or 600 kg · m · min−1
- Men conditioned 600 or 900 kg · m · min−1
- Women unconditioned 300 or 450 kg · m · min−1
- Women Conditioned 450 or 600 kg · m · min−1
- Take first HR after 2 minutes
- If HR < 120, ↑ resistance to next highest increment, or until HR ≥ 120 after 2 minutes riding @ constant range
- If HR ≥ 120, maintain selected work rate through test duration
- Take final HR at end of minutes 5 and 6. Average these HRs and use to estimate VO2 max in Liters/minute
- What is the most common and most accurate field technique for measuring BP?
- What equipment does it use?
- Sphygmomanometry, also called Cuff or auscultatory method, uses equipment to auscultate Korotkoff sounds
- Mercury or aneroid (no liquid) sphygmomanometer Air bladder-contianing cuff Stethescope
What are the 5 steps of the Pre-Assessment screening procedures
- Initial interview
- Execution of health appraisal tool
- Completion of appropriate forms
- Recommendations from physician regarding management of medical contraindications (when required)
- Instruct client on pre-assessment protocols
Define summative evaluation.
What do they summarize?
What assessments are used?
- Summative Evaluation = final evaluation when client completes specified training period, class or season.
- Summary of what was achieved during the specified training period. Sum total of what has been accomplished in given period.
- Same assessments used at beginning and midpoint of exercise program should be used in final evaluation
What are 4 reasons for conducting fitness evaluation
- Gather baseline data (strengths/weaknesses)
- Provide basis for developing goals and effective exercise programs
- Identify potential areas of injury
- Reasonable starting points for intensities and volumes based on goals and fitness outcomes
What are shorter duration HR counts and when/why should they be used?
- Shorter duration HR counts (6, 10, 15 seconds) used during exercise and post exercise conditions
- More time efficient and more accurate representation of momentary HR due to immediate fluctuations that occur with changes in exercise intensity
Identify medial skinfold site
Have client place knee on bench with knee flexed @ 90 degrees.
On medial border, mark level of greatest calf girth.
Raise vertical skinfold on medial side of right calf 2 above mark, and measure the fold at maximal girth
What 3 environmental factors influence test validity and reliability and how?
- Temperature and humidity:
- High temp/humidity inhibit thermoregulatory system from dissipating heat ➔ impeded physical endurance
- Altitude
- Changes in altitude may require 9-12 days adaption prior to aerobic endurance assessments
- Air Pollution
- Pollution decreases ability of blood to transport oxygen by increasing resistance in the airways and alters perception of effort for given task
Identify midaxilla skin fold site
Vertical fold on midaxillary line (imaginary line from middle of armpit downwards, dividing body into front and back halves) at level of xiphoid process (bottom of sternum)
Define content validity and give example.
- Content Validity = expert has determined that test covers all topics or abilities that it should.
- Example: Volleyball athlete should be tested on more than jumping ability in order to cover all skills performed in that particular sport.
How does time of day impact HR?
- ↓ HR in morning
- ↑/no Δ in afternoon/evening
How does body position impact HR?
- ↓ HR when supine
- ↑ HR when going from supine to seated or standing
What is BIA?
How does it work and who is it acceptable for?
- Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis = measures amount of impedance or resistance to small painless electrical current passed through body between electrodes placed on ankle and wrist.
- Electricity passes through leaner clients with less resistance than those with more adipose tissue.
- Acceptable field technique to measure body composition in Caucasian men and women
What are the 2 types of strength and how are they calculated?
Absolute strength = raw strength score. E.g. 1RM bench max
Relative strength = strength relative to BW. E.g. 1RM bench max / BW
- What is 12 minute Run/walk test and what does it measure?
- What euipment is needed?
- What equation is used?
- Field test that uses distance travel in 12 minutes to calculate VO2 max via regression equation.
- 400 meter track with distances measured to allow distances to be easily measured and multiplied
- VO2 max (ml • kg-1 • min-1) = (0.0268 x Distance traveled in 12 minutes) - 11.3
Describe the process for 1RM Bench testing. Detail sets 1-5 including:
Warm up sets (number of warm up sets, load, reps, rest)
How many trial sets should 1RM test take?
Increase/decrease in load?
What 2 forms is 1RM recorded in and how are they calculated?
- FIRST SET = WARM UP warm up 5-10 reps using light/moderate load
- 1 minute rest
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SECOND SET = WARM UP Estimate warm-up load that will allow 3-5 reps by adding 60-80% est. 1RM:
- Upper body ↑ 10-20 lb (4-9kg) or 5-10%
- 2 minute recovery
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THIRD SET = CONSERVATIVE EST. 1RM Estimate conservative near max load allow 2-3 reps by adding
- Upper body ↑ 10-20 lb (4-9kg) or 5-10%
- 2-4 minute recovery following each attempt
- Make load increase
- Upper body ↑ 10-20 lb (4-9kg) or 5-10%
- FOURTH SET = TRAIL SET: FIRST 1RM ATTEMPT
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2-4 minute rest. If success, go to step 7. If Failed, decrease load per below and repeat step 8
- Upper body ↓ 5-10 lb (2-4kg) or 2.5-5%
- Continue ↑/↓ Load until can complete 1 rep with proper technique. Ideally 1RM measured within 3 trial sets
- Record 1RM as max weight lifted (absolute strength)
- Divide 1RM value by client bodyweight to determine relative strength