Types of fitness testing Flashcards
What should be assessed before creating a clinical exercise program?
Assess current health status
absolute or relative contraindications
clinical or patient concerns
motivation for exercise
What are the steps to assessing a patient/client’s current level of physical activity?
- Identify exertion symptoms that limit physical activity
- Evaluate physical function and performance
- Selecting physical performance assessments
What are exertion symptoms an indication of?
A supervised program would be the best approach
Exercise specialists can provide exercises to mitigate symptoms
Exercise specialists can guide patients to most appropriate mode of exercise
What are the categories to characterize patients when evaluating physical function and performance?
Mildly impaired to normal
moderately impaired, low functioning
severely impaired, very low functioning
Needs aid, debilitated
What are the methods when selecting physical performance assessments?
No set way to choose a test
What is the 6 min walk test?
The most commonly used functional test in cardiopulmonary research and practice
Test does not measure cardiorespiratory fitness or peak O2 uptake
How far can you walk in 6 min
What is the intermittent shuttle walk test?
Uses recorded voice signals to direct the pace of the patient, who walks back and forth across the floor over a 10m distance
Walking speed increases every min until the patient is unable to reach the turnaround point within the required time
What is the gait speed test?
Subjects usual pace over short distances
What is the chair to stand the test?
Patient rises unassisted from a chair at 43cm tall
Can assess time to stand up and sit x5, number of STS cycles in 30s
Predictor of falls in elderly individuals
What is the stair climb power test?
Patient climbs one flight of stairs as fast and safely as possible
What is the TUG test?
Time it takes for the patient to rise from armchair, walk to a line on the floor 3m away, turn around and return to seated position
What assessments are core and LE functional tests?
Chair to stand
Stair climb power
TUG
