Special Populations Flashcards
- What age range is prepubecent for boys/girls?
- Describe VO2 max adaptions compared to that of adults
- How does Max HR change throughout childhood?
- Vigous max HR for this group that is not uncommon?
- Relationship between childhood and hypertrophy?
- What 2 adaptions produce strength gains for this group?
- _ adaptations
- _ _adaptations
- _ _composition
- _ _ performance
- _ _ coordination
- _ _density
- Prepubescent = boys 6-13, girls 6-11
- VO2 max adaptations less noticeable than in adults
- Max HR doesn’t change much throughout childhood
- Vigorous workout can produce max HR over 200 bpm
- Children lack sufficient levels of androgens for hypertrophy
- Strength gains from
- Neural adaptations
- Intrinsic muscle adaptations
- Muscle fiber composition
- Motor skill performance
- Muscular grouping coordination
- Myofibrillar packing density
What age group is considered adolecent?
What age group is considered older adults?
- Adolescent = Boys 13-17, Girls 11-17
- Older adults = 50+
What 4 exercise measurements are greater in children?
What 8 exercise measurements are greater in adults?
- Absolute VO2
- Relative VO2
- Exercise recovery
- Exercise lactate
- Glycolitic activity
- Aerobic performance
- cardiac output
- Max HR
- Stroke Volume
- Tidal volume
- Breathing frequency
- Muscular performance
- Childen > Adults
- Max heart rate
- Breathing frequency
- Relative VO2
- Exercise recovery
- Children < Adults
- Stroke volume
- Cardiac output
- Tidal volume
- Absolute VO2
- Glycolytic activity
- Exercise lactate
- Aerobic Performance
- Absolute muscle strength
- What should be done with older adults prior to program design?
- Exercise order if AET+ RT in same session?
- What are 2 benefits fo AET? (include 2 % increase stats)
- Standard cardio = increase VO2 by _%
- High intensity = increase VO2 by _%
- What are 9 benefits to RT? (7↓ + 2↑) (4 disease, pain, mental, metabolic function, cell organelle function)
- Check with client physician for guidlines and training modifications
- Warm up + AET + RT + static stretching
- Older adults recieve greatest benefit to AET than any other group
- VO2
- Standard cardio = increase VO2 by 17%
- High intensity = increase VO2 by 25%
- Reduced risk of diseases that increase with age
- VO2
- RT benefits
- ↓ Colon cancer
- ↓ Type 2 diabetes
- ↓ Arthritis
- ↓ Osteoporosis
- ↓ Lower back pain
- ↓ Muscle loss and Metabolic rate reduction
- ↓ Depression
- ↑ mitochondiral function
- ↑ functional abilities
AET guidelines for seniors:
- General:
- Frequency
- Intensity
- Acceptable range
- Ideal %
- Duration
- Folks with poor cardio fitness
- Duration and intensity
- ASMC recommendations
- Moderate
- Vigorous
- 2 Beginner recommendations for programming
- Start with and progress to
- Combining intensities
- General
- Frequency = 2-5x week
- Intensity
- Acceptable range = 60-90% MHR
- Ideal % = 75% MHR
- Duration = 20-60 min
- Folks with poor cardio fitness
- 5-10 minutes @ 40% MHR
- ASMC recommendations
- Moderate
- 30 min (e.g. walking) 5 x week)
- Vigorous
- 20 min (e.g. jogging) 3 x week
- Moderate
- 2 Beginner recommendations for programming
- start with lower intenisty for longer duration (30 min @ mod intensity), progress to 20 min @ vigorous intensity
- Combine vigorous and moderate=
- Vigorous Monday Fiday
- Moderate Wednesday Saturday
Give RT guildeines for older adults
- Intensity
- Acceptable low intensity
- _-_% (_-_ reps)
- Recommended
- _-_% (_-_ reps)
- Acceptable low intensity
- _-_% (_-_ reps)
- Beginner recommendations
- _-_% (_-_ reps)
- Acceptable low intensity
- Load progression %
- Frequency
- Rest
- _-_
- Speed of movement
- _-_ per rep
- Movement selection
- _ and _ joint movements that target the _/_ muscle groups
- Breathing (2)
- Intensity
- Acceptable low intensity
- 60-65% (14-16 reps)
- Recommended
- 70-80% (8-12 reps)
- Acceptable low intensity
- 85-90% (4-6 reps)
- Beginner recommendations
- 60-75% (10-15 reps)
- Acceptable low intensity
- Load Progression = 5%
- Frequency
- 2-3 non consecutive days per week
- Rest
- 2-3 minutes
- Speed of movement
- 4-6 seconds per rep
- Movement selection
- Single and multiple joint movmeents that target the major/large muscle groups
- Breathing
- Inhale eccentric, exhale concentric
- No Valsalva maneuver
- What are age children generally read for exercise participation?
- What 5 signs/symptoms require medical examination for children?
- What are children @ higher risk for?
- 7-8 (rec sport age)
- Signs/symptoms of known disease
- Asthma
- Cystic fibrosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Higher risk of heat-related illness b/c not efficient at heat dissipation
Detail sample exercise lesson for children
- _ warm up with _
- 5-10 minutes
- _ preparation (review _ and demonstrate _)
- _ minutes
- Fundamental _ training _
- _-_minutes
- _-_ stations with _ , _exercises, etc.
- _ and _
- _ min
- _ and _
- _ minutes
- Dynamic warm up with medicine all
- 5-10 minutes
- Movement preparation (review daily lesson and demonstrate technique)
- 5 minutes
- Fundamental integrative training circuit
- 20-25 minutes
- 8-12 stations with agility ladder, bodyweight exercises, etc.
- Games and activities
- 5 min
- Cooldown and review
- 5 minutes
Detail RT program design for children covering:
- Warm-up
- _-_ minutes dynamics
- Sets and reps
- Start @ _-_ sets of _-_ reps
- Beginner intensity
- _-_%1RM
- Muscles targeted by exercises
- _, _, and _
- Resistance increase
- _-_%
- Training sessions per week
- _-_ _ days
- Cool down
- using _
- how to optimize gains and prevent boredom
- _
- Warm-up
- 5-10 minutes dynamics
- Sets and reps
- Start @ 1-3 sets of 6-15 reps
- Reps
- Beginner intensity
- 40-60%1RM
- Muscles targeted by exercises
- Upper, lower, and midsection
- Resistance increase
- 5-10%
- Training sessions per week
- 2-3 non consecutive days
- Cool down
- using less intense calisthenics and static stretching
- how to optimize gains and prevent boredom
- Vary program
- Children aerobic games and skill building
- Frequency
- Intensity
- Static and dynamic flexibility
- Frequency
- Movement guidelines
- Muscle groups
- Children aerobic games and skill building
- Frequency = daily
- Intensity = moderate to vigorous with rest and recovery as needed
- Static and dynamic flexibility
- Frequency ≥ 2-3 x week
- Movement Guidelines
- Controlled movments throughout full ROM
- Muscle groups
- All muscle groups
What are 7 exercise benefits for children? 4 ↓ 3 ↑
- ↓ Obesity
- ↓ type 2 diabetes
- ↓ elevated blood lipids
- ↓ sports related injuries
- ↑ mood
- ↑ confidence
- ↑Motor skills
What are 7 benefits of AET for older adults? 3 ↑ 4 ↓
- ↑ caloric expenditure ↓ risk of disease
- ↑ VO2 Max
- ↑HDL cholesterol
- ↓ Total cholesterol
- ↓LDL cholesterol levels
- ↓triglyceride levels
- ↓ resting blood pressure
What are 10 disease/symptoms in older adults that are reduced/alleviated with AET? (metabolic, cardiovascular, skeletal, mental, terminal diseases)
- High blood pressure
- Type 2 diabetes
- Obesity
- Cardiovascular disease
- Stroke
- Osteoporosis
- Certain types of cancer
- Psychological stress
- Poor sleep
- Poor digestion
What are 11 benefits of RT for older adults?
- Disease risk
- Composition
- BP
- Blood lipids
- vascular system
- __ cancer
- Psychological
- Pain
- Muscular changes with age
- Skeletal changes with age
- ___ function
- ↓ risk of CVD and premature mortality
- ↓ bodyfat
- ↓ resting blood pressure (systolic, diastolic, or both)
- Improves Blood lipid profiles
- ↓ Total cholesterol
- ↓LDL cholesterol levels
- ↓triglyceride levels
- ↑HDL cholesterol
- Enhances vascular condition à improved circulation and arterial blood flow
- ↓ risk colon cancer b/c speeds up digestion
- ↓Depression
- ↓ Low back pain
- ↓ Muscle loss/metabolic rate reduction
- ↓ Bone loss
- ↑ Mitochondrial function via circuit strength training
- What is typical muscle loss rate for older adults who do not RT?
- What are typical bone loss rates for older adults who do not RT?
- Adults ≥ 50, no RT = 5-10% muscle mass loss per decade
- Adults ≥ 50, no RT = 10-30% bone mass loss per decade
What are 8 conditions that prohibit all exercise for prenatal clients?
- 1 BP
- 1 membrane
- 2 premature labor risks
- 1 Disease
- 1 placenta location/time
- 1 dialation
- 1 bleeding
- Pregnancy induced hypertension (pre-eclampsia)
- Ruptured membranes
- Multiple birth pregnancy that ↑ risk of premature labor
- Premature labor during current pregnancy
- Significant heart disease or restrictive lung disease
- Placenta that blocks cervix after 26 weeks
- A cervix that dilates ahead of schedule (incompetent cervix)
- Persistent bleeding after 12 weeks
What are 10 relative contraindication for pregnant clients to exercise that require doctor evaluation prior to exercise?
- 4 poorly controlled diseases
- 2 BMI
- 1 lifestyle history
- 1 unevaluated condition
- 1 uterine condition
- severe __
- Heavy __
- one pulmonary conidtion
- 1 type of limitation
- Poorly controlled type 1 diabetes, seizures, hypertension, hyperthyroidism
- Morbid obesity
- Extremely low BMI (<12kg/m2)
- History of very sedentary lifestyle
- Unevaluated maternal cardia dysrhythmia
- Intrauterine growth restriction in current pregnancy
- Severe anemia
- Heavy smoking
- Chronic bronchitis
- Orthopedic limitations
What are conditions that require discontinuing exercise and medical advice during pregancy?
- 5 cardio/respiratory symptoms
- 4 prenation conditions
- headache/unexplained diziness
- chest pain
- Dyspenia before exertion
- muscle weakness
- calf pain/swelling
- decreased fetal movement
- amnotic fluid leakage
- bloody discharge from vagina
- preterm labor
- Exercises in what position are prohibited for prenatal clients?
- What modifications should be done for abdominals?
- For chest?
- What breathing contraindicatiosn for prenatal cleints?
- How does pregnancy affect oxygen avaiablity/use?
- No supine exercise after 1st trimest
- Curldowns or lying ab exercises
- Vertical chest press machines or wall pushups
- No valsalva maneuvor or breath holding during exercise
- Pregnant use more O2 at rest and have less available for aerobic activity
What are post menopausal recommenations for RT?
- Frequency
- _-_ x week
- Duration
- _ (unit of time)
- Intensity
- _%1RM
2-3 days
45 minutes
High intensity = 80% 1RM
What are 2 mechanical changes (gravity/joint) during pregnancy and how can be acommodated?
- Changes in center of gravity → use machines instead of free weights
- Joint laxity increases during pregnancy → use slow controlled movement
What are 2 metabolic changes that occur during pregnancy. (substrate use during exercise and caloric need)
- Pregnant clients use carbs @ higher rate during exercise
- Daily caloric need = + 300
How does pregnancy affect thermoregulatory system? (metabolic/heat?)
Increase in metabolic rate and heat prodoction, esp. during 1st trimester
What are 8 benefits unique to prenatal exercise?
- 4 conditions during pregnancy
- 3 labor/labor recovery/interventions
- 1 post postpartum benefit
- ↑ energy reserves
- ↓ preeclampsia
- ↓ gestational diabetes
- ↓ backaches, bloating, swelling, and constipation
- ↑ recovery from labor
- ↓ Shorter active phase of labor and less pain
- ↓ need obstetric interventions
- ↑ return to pre-pregnancy weight, strength, and flexibility levels












