Treatment for claudication during exercise includes all of the following EXCEPT
A. Daily exercise sessions.
B. Intensity of activity to maximal tolerable pain, with intermittent rest periods.
C. Cardiorespiratory building activities that are nonweight bearing if the plan is to work on longer duration and higher intensity to elicit a cardiorespiratory training effect.
D. Stopping activity at the onset of claudication discomfort to avoid further vascular damage from ischemia.
Which of the following statements true regarding exercise leadership is FALSE?
A. The exercise leader should be fit enough to exercise with any of his or her participants.
B. Most people are not bored by exercise and can easily find time to participate in an exercise program.
C. The exercise leader should adjust the exercise intensity based on individual differences in fitness.
D. Periodic fitness assessment may provide evidence of improvement in fitness for some participants.
What is the optimal approach for long-term management of body weight?
A. Hypocaloric diet.
B. Daily aerobic exercise.
C. Resistance training.
D. A low-fat, high-fiber diet and daily physical activity.
Informed consent is best described as:
A. A legal form.
B. A process that is backed up by a form.
C. Something that only a lawyer can provide to an exercise program.
D. Being an informed consumer to ensure that one undertakes the proper exercise program.
Incident reports are important, because:
A. They inform the manager which employees are performing poorly.
B. They indicate which members are problematic and should be dismissed.
C. They document and give details of any incident or problem that occurs.
D. State laws often require them.
The manager's role in staff education is:
A. Valuable, because it looks good to the owners.
B. To create many opportunities for educating the staff.
C. To let the staff handle their own education but also to encourage it.
D. Not very valuable, because member retention and sales are the key to any program.
What is the relative Y02 of walking on a treadmill at 3.5 mph and a 0% grade?
A. B. C. D.
A 70-kg client is running on a treadmill at 5 mph and a 5% grade. What is his caloric expenditure rate?
A. B. C. D.
Subendocardial ischemia usually produces
A. ST-segment elevation.
B. ST -segment depression.
C. Q waves.
D. U waves.
Differentiation between supraventricular and ventricular rhythm is made on the basis of the:
A. Duration (width) of the QRS complex and the presence or absence of P waves.
B. Appearance of the ST segment.
C. Amplitude of the U wave.
D. Duration of the PR interval.