nasm ch 06 Flashcards
Fitness professional should not
- Diagnose medical conditions
- Prescribe treatment
- Prescribe diets or recommend specific supplements unless qualified
- Provide treatment of any kind for injury or disease (aside from basic first aid
- Provide rehabilitation services for clients
- Provide counseling services for clients
Fitness Assessment is what?
A systematic problem-solving method that provides the fitness professional with a basis for making educated decisions about exercise and acute variable selection. Not designed to diagnose any condition, but rather to observe each client’s individual structural and functional status, creating a starting point from which to work. Not intended to replace a medical examination
Fitness Assessment Components use what
Use a variety of observation methods to obtain a balanced overview of a client
Subjective information.
Personal history; occupation, lifestyle, general, and medical history
General History: Occupation
- Does your occupation require extended periods of sitting?
- Does your occupation require extended periods of repetitive movements?
- Does your occupation require you to wear shoes with a heel (dress shoes)?
- Is your occupation mentally stressful (causes anxiety)?
General History: Lifestyle
- Recreation
2. Hobbies
Medical History
- Life-threatening
- Chronic diseases
- Structural and functional health
- Past injuries
- Past surgeries
- Chronic conditions
- Medications
Objective information.
- Resting and exercise physiological assessment
- Body composition assessments
- Cardiorespiratory assessments
- Static and dynamic postural assessments
- Performance assessments
Objective Information 2
- Gathered to provide the fitness professional with forms of measurable information.
- Can be used to compare beginning numbers to those measured weeks, months, or years later, denoting improvements in the client as well as the effectiveness of the training program.
Physiologic Assessments
Provide valuable information regarding the status of the client’s health
Heart rate
Blood pressure
Measuring Heart Rate: Radial Pulse
- Lightly place two fingers along the arm in line with and just above the thumb
- Once pulse is identified, count the pulses for 30 seconds and multiply by two
- Record the 60-second pulse rate and average for 3 days
Measuring Heart Rate: Carotid Pulse
- Lightly place two fingers on the neck, just to the side of the larynx
- Once pulse is identified, count the pulses for 30 seconds and multiply by two
- Record the 60-second pulse rate and average for 3 days
Average resting heart rates
Males: 70 beats/min
Females: 75 beats/min
Straight Percentage - calculating Training Heart Rate
- Calculate estimated maximal HR = (220 - age)
2.) Multiply the estimated maximum heart rate by the appropriate intensity (65-90%)
Zone One: Maximum Heart Rate x 0.65
Maximum Heart Rate x 0.79
Zone Two: Maximum Heart Rate x 0.80
Maximum Heart Rate x 0.85
Zone Three: Maximum Heart Rate x 0.86
Maximum Heart Rate x 0.95
Heart Rate Reserve Method
Heart rate and oxygen uptake are linearly related during dynamic exercise, selecting a predetermined training or target heart rate (THR) based on a given percentage of oxygen consumption is the most common and universally accepted method.
The heart rate reserve (HRR) method is defined as:
THR = [(HRmax - HRrest) × desired intensity] + HRrest
also called Karvonen method
According to the American Heart association the ideal measurement of blood pressure is ?
120/80
What does the Systolic pressure read?
The pressure produced by the heart as it pumps blood to the body
What does the Diastolic pressure read?
The pressure within the arterial system when the heart is resting and filling with blood.
The minimum pressure within the arteries through a full cardiac cycle
What are the essential body fat percentages for men?
3-5%
Blood Pressure Testing
- Instruct the client to assume a comfortable seated position and place the appropriate-size cuff just above the elbow.
- Rest the arm on a supported chair or support the client’s arm using yours and place the stethoscope over the brachial artery using a minimal amount of pressure.
- Rapidly inflate the cuff to 20 to 30 mm Hg above the point when the pulse can no longer be felt at the wrist.
- Release the pressure at a rate of about 2 mm Hg per second, listening for sounds.
- To determine the systolic pressure, listen for the first observation of sound.
- Diastolic pressure is determined when the sounds fade away.
What are the athletic body fat percentages for men?
5-13%
What is the recommended body fat percentage for men that are 34 years or less?
8-22%
What is the recommended body fat percentage for men that are 35-55 years old?
10-25%
What is the recommended body fat percentage for men that are more than 56 years old?
10-25%
What is the essential body fat percentage for women?
8-12%
What is the recommended body fat percentage for athletic women?
12-22%
What is the recommended body fat percentage for women 34 years old or less?
20-35%
What is the recommended body fat percentage for women 35-55 years old?
23-38%
What is the recommended body fat percentage for women that are older than 56 years old?
25-38%
Benefits of body composition testing
- Identify client’s health risk for excessively high/low levels of body fat
- Promote client’s understanding of body fat
- Monitor changes in body composition
- Help estimate healthy body weight for clients and athletes
- Assist in exercise program design
What are the 3 ways to measure body composition?
Skinfold measurement, bioelectrical impedance, under water weighing (AKA hydrostatic weighing)
Which is the most common used form of body composition measurement used in exercise laboratories?
Underwater weighing, (AKA hydrostatic weighing)
What is the Durnin - Womersley formula?
A four site upper body measurement process to calculate body fat percentage. Skin fold caliper method
What are the four locations for the caliper method?
- Bicep head - vertical fold, front of the arm, halfway between shoulder and elbow
- Tricep head - vertical fold, back of arm, halfway between shoulder and elbow
- Subscapular - 45 degree fold 1 to 2 cm, inferior to the scapula
- Illiac Crest - 45 degree fold, taken just above the iliac crest and medial to the axillary line
Which side of the body should the measurements take place?
Right side
When should a fitness professional avoid using skin fold measurements?
Obese Clients
When is it good to use circumference measurements?
On obese clients
What are the locations for circumference measurements?
- Neck: across adam’s apple
- Chest: across nipple line
- Waist: Measure at the narrowest point of the waist, below the rib cage and just above the top of the hip bones, if there is no apparent narrowing of waist use at naval
- Hips: with feet together, measure at widest point of butt
- Thighs: measure 10 inches above the patella
- Calves: at max circumference
- Biceps: at max circumference
What are the steps to measure waist to hip ratio?
- Measure the smallest part of waist
- Measure largest part of hips
- Divide waist by hip measurement
What are the risk ratios for women using the waist to hip measurement?
Greater than .80
What are the risk ratios for men using the waist to hip measurement?
Greater than .95
Body mass index determines what?
Whether a client’s weight is appropriate for their height
A BMI of (BLANK) puts people at mild risk of disease.
25.0-29.99
A BMI of (BLANK) puts people at moderate risk of disease.
30-34.99
A BMI of (BLANK) puts people at severe risk of disease.
Anything above 35
What are the two common submaximal cardiorespiratory efficiency tests?
- YMCA 3 minute step test
2. Rockport Walk Test
What are the steps for the YMCA 3 minute step test?
- Instruct the client to perform a 3 minute step test using a 12 inch step at a rate of 96 steps per minute.
- Within 5 seconds of completion record clients pulse for 60 seconds.
- Locate recovery pulse on chart
- Determine starting heart rate zone
- Determine clients max heart rate by 220-age
What are the steps for the Rockport Walk test?
- Record client’s weight
- Instruct the client to walk a mile on a treadmill as fast as can be controlled and record results
- Record time it takes to complete the walk, record HR at 1-mile mark
- use variables to determine VO2:
- 83 - (0.0769 x weight) - (0.3877 x age) +
(6. 315 x Gender) - (3.2649 x Time) -
(0. 1565 x HR) = VO2
Where = Wt in lbs Gender male = 1, Female = 0 Time is in min and 100ths of min HR is bpm Age in yrs
What are the three common distortion patterns?
- Pronation Distortion Syndrome
- Lower Crossed Syndrome
- Upper Crossed Syndrome
What are the characteristics of Pronation Distortion syndrome?
Foot pronation (flattening of the arch), adducted and internally rotated knees
What are the characteristics of Lower Crossed Syndrome?
Anterior tilt to the pelvis (arched low back)
What are the characteristics of Upper Crossed Syndrome?
Forward head, rounded shoulders
What are the the shortened muscles related to Pronation Distortion Syndrome?
Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Peroneals, adductors, iliotibial head, hip flexor complex, biceps femoris (short head)
What are the lengthened muscles related to Pronation Distortion Syndrome?
Anterior Tibialis, posterior tibialis, vastus medialis, gluteus medius/maximus, hip external rotators (out)