Lecture 4 Flashcards
physical activity
any bodily movement produced by the contraction of skeletal muscles that results in an increase in caloric requirements over resting expenditure
Exercise
(subclass of physical activity) planned structured and repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness
Physical fitness
a set of attributes or characteristics that people have or achieve that relates to the ability to perform physical activity and activities of daily living
Components of Physical fitness (3)
- Have a strong relationship to good health
- characterized by an ability to perform daily activities with vigor
- demonstrate traits and capacities associated with low risk of premature development of hypokinetic diseases (associated with physical inactivity)
Health-related components of physical activity (4)
- Cardiorespiratory endurance or fitness (CRF)
- Body composition
- Muscular strength and endurance
- Flexibility
VO2 Max is a ___ criterion for cardiorespiratory endurance capacity
standard
VO2 max (physiologic definition)
maximal capacity to transport and utilize oxygen
- reflects the capacity for aerobic energy transfer*
- reflects the level of function and integration of physiologic systems involving uptake, delivery and utilization of oxygen*
Cardiorespiratory endurance or cardiorespiratory fitness
ability to perform large muscle, dynamic, mod-high intensity exercise for prolonged periods
Cardiorespiratory fitness is a ____ issue
health-related
a low level of cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with markedly increased risk of:
premature mortality from all causes (esp. cardiovascular disease)
Increases in CRF (cardiovascular fitness) is associated with:
- reduction in death from all causes &
- higher levels of habitual physical activity → health benefits
Purposes of Health-Related Fitness Testing
- Obtain data needed for writing exercise prescriptions
- Evaluation of progress in an exercise program
- Motivation via provision of realistic exercise goals
- Education on current fitness status
- Health-related risk stratification
Purposes of clinical exercise testing
- Diagnostic testing (assessing for disease)
- Disease severity and prognosis
- Clinical management
- Functional testing
Exercise electrocardiography (ECG) 3 purposes
- Assess presence and severity of coronary artery disease (diagnosis)
- predict the likelihood of future cardiac events (prognosis)
- Analysis of exercise-induced arrhythmias
ECGs are beyond the scope of this course; however, know that ST segment changes are common findings with myocardial ischemia → ST elevation or depression can be seen
Radionuclide exercise testing (nuclear cardiology)
Radionuclides (infused IV) are rapidly taken up by cardiac muscle and the pattern and rate of uptake and clearance provides information on:
- Myocardial perfusion
- Ventricular function