Special Populations Flashcards
Sarcopenia - Definition
Decreased muscle mass; often used to refer specifically to an age-related decline in muscle mass or lean body tissue.
GFIs Should Observe (3 total)
- Fitness level
- Mobility limitations
- Self-efficacy levels
Older Adult Common Sufferings (3 total)
- Balance
- Movement efficiency
- Motor Control
Balance - Enhances (5 total)
- Physical performance
- Cognitive domain
- Affective Domain
- Self-efficacy
- Self-confidence
High Velocity Power Training - Benefits (5 total)
- Muscle force production
- Peak power
- Contractile speed
- Overall performance
- Quality of life
Cognitive Domain - Definition
Intellectual activities and involves the learning of knowledge
Affective Domain - Definition
The learning of emotional behaviors
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 1 of 11
Ask at the beginning of class if there are any limitations that they would like to share
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 2 of 11
Perform an extended warm-up and cool-down (10 minutes) and include activation exercises
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 3 of 11
Incorporate exercise and movement patterns participants can replicate at home
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 4 of 11
Be mindful of quick changes from the floor to standing or seated positions
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 5 of 11
Barefoot training should be avoided unless endorsed by their healthcare provided
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 6 of 11
Monitor intensity using the dyspnea scale or RPE scale
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 7 of 11
Select music this generation will enjoy
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 8 of 11
For outdoor formats, offer shorter distances and/or stationary options
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 9 of 11
For agility type exercise, dedicate a lane for those with less complex coordination options
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 10 of 11
For resistance band classes, coach participants to control the eccentric phase and avoid rapidly snapping during the lowering phase to prevent injury to elbow joints
Older Adults - Exercise Guidelines - 11 of 11
Include cognitive exercises
i. e. catching a ball with one hand
i. e. “simon says”
i. e. boxing with target mitts
Proprioception - Definition
Sensation and awareness of body position and movements.
Shear Force - Definition
Any force that causes slippage between a pair of contiguous joints or tissues in a direction that parallels the plane in which they contact.
Osteoporosis - Definition
A disorder primarily affecting postmenopausal women, in which bone density decreases and susceptibility to fractures increases.
Osteoporosis Fractures - Definition
Bone fracture that occurs in individuals with compromised bone mass density; most common at the spine, hip, and wrist
Osteoporosis - Characterized by (2 total)
- very low bone mass
- bone mass density of more than 2.5 SD below the average peak value of the normal
Osteoporosis - Statistics
Afflicts more than 50 million Americans
Osteoporosis - Short/Long Term Consequences (6 total)
- Severe disability
- Immobility
- Decreased functional status
- Poor quality of life
- Negative self-esteem
- Mortality
Osteoporosis - Type of Beneficial Exercise (2 total)
- Weight-bearing cardiorespiratory
- Resistance training
Youth - Lack of Exercise Effects (2 total)
- Impacts functional development and skeletal and muscular growth
- Leads to obesity
Youth - Exercise Guidelines - 1 of 8
Children’s thermoregulatory systems are not as mature as adults
i. e they have a higher body surface to mass ratio
i. e. Cardiac output is devoted to skin surface instead of core
i. e they sweat less
i. e. they conserve water better
Youth - Exercise Guidelines - 2 of 8
MHR is much higher than adults
Youth - Exercise Guidelines - 3 of 8
BP responses are similar but SBP changes tend to be lower
Youth - Exercise Guidelines - 4 of 8
RPE may be monitored better with words like “hard” or “easy”
Youth - Exercise Guidelines - 5 of 8
Muscle-mass increases occurring during growth lead to increased muscular strength - this is the same rate pre-puberty but increased in males after puberty
Youth - Exercise Guidelines - 6 of 8
Gamify exercise sessions with imagination to increase adherence
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Supervise and use light weight equipment
Youth - Exercise Guidelines - 8 of 8
Strength circuits in a circle is effective
Pregnancy and Exercise - Benefits (17 total)
- Better cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness
- Reduced fatigue thresholds
- Lower resting heart rates
- Higher VO2max
- Reduced rates of urinary incontinence
- Reduced Low-back pain
- Reduced deep vein thrombosis
- Reduced hypertension
- Reduced diatasis recti
- Reduced nausea
- Reduced C-section
- Reduced anxiety
- Reduced heartburn
- Reduced insomia
- Reduced leg cramps
- Reduced symptoms of depression