3: Physical Fitness Assessment in Adults Using your textbook (chapter 9) answer the following questions. 1. What are the components of health-related physical fitness and why are they considered health related? a. Cardiovascular endurance – reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality b. Body Composition – reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease‚ adult-onset diabetes‚ and metabolic syndrome. c. Muscular fitness including muscular strength‚ muscular
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Get Fit: Let Physical Fitness Better Your Golf Game Although golf may not seem like a sport that would require a lot of physical training‚ it does. People all over the world underestimate the proper physical training golfers need for their golf game to be at the level he or she aspires it to be at. Golf had always been viewed as a game of leisure‚ but today’s golfer is leaner‚ stronger‚ and fitter. Without spending hundreds of dollars on a teaching professional‚ and endless stressful hours at the
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introduction The history of physical education and sports reflects people’s attitudes about physical activity. From prehistoric times‚ because survival was related to physical stamina and to people’s ability to find food‚ no separate physical fitness programs were needed. Gradually‚ ancient societies like Greece‚ and Rome adopted physical education as part of military training. As the more developed societies came to value the scholarly life‚ physical education lost favor. Many developed countries
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Adapted Physical Education Imagine what a class of third graders would look like during their PE class at school. You might see one child outrunning all of the rest in a 50-yard dash‚ or maybe a group of children partaking in a game of hopscotch. But what about the child in a wheelchair who suffers from a spinal cord injury? Approximately 25% of children in the public school system suffer from orthopedic impairments (“Fast Facts”). What can they do? How can they participate? How can the physical education
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a musculoskeletal injury lasting longer than three months. Physical therapy is emerging as one of the greatest forms of treatment in the medical world‚ treating more people than ever before with advances in technology and more knowledge improving patient outcome; however patients experiences are worsening with new healthcare‚ more outpatient exercise rather than inpatient therapy‚ and lack of available treatment in rural areas. Physical therapy‚ also known as PT‚ is beneficial for patients in more
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Physical Assessment Required Components Nursing Process Required Components General survey 1. General appearance & behavior 2. Posture 3. Gait 4. Hygiene 5. Speech 6. Mental Status 7. Vital Signs 8. Nutritional Status Head and Neck 1. Symmetry 2. Head & hair 3. Ears/Hearing 4. PERRL(A) 5. EOM 6. Convergence/Accommodation 7. Color/condition conjunctiva 8. Color/condition of mucus membranes 9. Nose 10. Mouth/teeth 11. ROM of neck 12. Cervical nodes 13. Palpate trachea for symmetry 14. Carotids
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Does physical activity help improve memory? And‚ if so‚ what kinds of physical activity improve memory the most? Memory is defined as the faculty or capacity by which the mind retains‚ stores‚ and revives information and recognizing previous experiences. It is the process of remembering. Memories come from different areas of the brain and different sets of cells. When someone experiences something‚ or even notices something‚ a pulse is fired inside the brain‚ connecting two cells. As something happens
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My experiences from volunteering and shadowing health professionals has taught me a great deal about professionalism in the field of physical therapy. At the Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children‚ I had the opportunity to learn from Kelly Meyer. For one‚ Mrs. Meyer was an excellent mentor‚ and a clear and patient communicator. She used appropriate vocabulary for patients and their families to explain medical terminology in a manner they could understand. She went into sessions with a positive
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Before becoming registered physical therapists‚ aspiring physical therapists must undergo a rigorous academic program. This process of preparation begins with applications to physical therapy programs. In recent years‚ it has become expected for prospective physical therapists to get a doctorate degree prior to being employed in clinical practices (Threlkeld and Paschal‚ 2007). Over the last 135 years‚ the entry-level education for physical therapists has changed from a masters degree to a doctorate
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Anna Trofimeca 10/15/2013 Composition 1 Edwin Turner Inner Beauty to Physical Beauty There are two categories of beauty: inner beauty and physical beauty. Physical beauty is exterior beauty‚ which is pleasing to the eye. Inner beauty relates to an individual’s personality and character traits‚ which are pleasing to the heart. Usually‚ you can spot a person who has a deep inner beauty by the bright shine coming from their eyes. They are usually truthful people‚ without being arrogant or rude
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