Clinical exercise physiology chapter 5

clinical exercise physiology

provides therapeutic or functional benefits to individuals with disease conditions or physical disabilities

history of clinical exercise physiology

first use of physical activity and exercise in disease recovery can be traced to the 18 & 19th centuries

diagnostic testing

helps assess the presence of cardiovascular or pulmonary disease

functional capacity

helps assess an individual’s capacity to participate in physical activity and exercise

duties and responsibilities

conducting pre-exercise screening

preforming exercise testing and evaluation

developing exercise prescriptions

instructing individuals in proper training techniques

supervising exercise program in various settings

pretesting procedures

pretest screening for health risks

physical examination

healthy history (health status, includes medical contraindication)

informed consent

performing the test

heart rate

blood pressure

rating of perceived exertion

electrocardiogram

echocardiography

oxygen consumption and functional capacity

exercise prescription

achieve specific outcome

meet the interests, goals, health needs, and clinical condition of an individual

Diabetes—metabolic disease

chronic health condition that occurs when your blood sugar (glucose) levels are too high because your body cannot make or properly use insulin

Hyperlipidemia—metabolic disease

elevated levels of lipids or lipoproteins

metabolic syndrome—metabolic disease

different metabolic risk factors such as insulin resistance, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, elevated blood pressure

obesity—metabolic disease

a complex, chronic medical condition defined by an excessive accumulation of body fat that increases the risk of negative health effects

arthritis—orthopedic disease

painful joints—osteoarthritis—degenerative joint disease rheumatoid, inflammation of joints

osteoporosis—orthopedic diseases

decreased bone mass muscular dystrophy : wasting of skeletal muscles

multiple sclerosis—neuromuscular disease

chronic slowly progressing autoimmune disease attacks the myelin sheaths impacting nerve cells or brain and spinal cord