KIN 311: Lecture 1 Introduction

A set of flashcards focusing on key vocabulary related to assessment, fitness, and health concepts from the lecture.

What is an Assessment?

A protocol, instrument, or tool used to make a measurement.

What is a Measurement

Results in a quantifiable outcome from an assessment.

Evaluation

Contrasts the measurement to provide a judgement or statement placing the outcome in context.

Fitness

A set of attributes or characteristics that are either health-related or performance-related.

Health-Related Fitness

Attributes that are related to mortality or morbidity.

Mortality

Related to the occurrence of death.

Morbidity

Related to the occurrence of illness.

Quality of Life

An individual’s perception in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns.

Components of Fitness

Can be health-related and skill-related, and may overlap.

What constitutes an Effective Assessment (8)

Is practical, variables measured are specific and relevant, assessment is valid and reliable, test administered at appropriate time and frequency, are standardized, professional, respects human rights, results are explained verbally and written form

Informed Consent

A basic human right where participants are fully informed about the assessment.

What Assessments Can Do

Provide objective measures of health and performance compared to peers, identify odds and chances of success based on comparable data and Identify ODDS or CHANCE of a particular health outcome based on known risk factors

What Assessments Can NOT Do

Provide absolute predictions related to health and fitness.

Performance related fitness

A fitness skill that may pertain to a sport, occupation, or daily living