Assessment and Equipment in EXS

Question 1

Diagnostic testing

Answer 1

Identifies the presence of a disease condition, risk factors for a disease condition, or an existing injury

Question 2

Electrocardiograph

Answer 2

Records the electric impulses from the heart

Question 3

Pulse Oximeter

Answer 3

Measures oxygen concentration in blood

Question 4

Blood pressure equipment

Answer 4

Measures systolic and diastolic blood pressure

Question 5

Electromyography

Answer 5

Measurement and recording of the electric activity of skeletal muscles

Question 6

Force Platforms

Answer 6

Provides voltage signals proportional to the forces exerted on the platform surface in the vertical, horizontal, and lateral directions

Question 7

Pressure-Sensitive insoles

Answer 7

Provide continuous measurement of pressure and force during ambulation

Question 8

Isokinetic Dynamometer

Answer 8

Measures force during isometric and isokinetic movements of muscles

Question 9

Muscle biopsy equipment

Answer 9

Collection of a tissue sample of the muscle

Question 10

Densitometry

Answer 10

Measurement of body density

Question 11

Bioelectric Impedance

Answer 11

Measurement of speed of low-voltage electrical current through the body

Question 12

Skinfold Assessment

Answer 12

Measurement of subcutaneous at different places in the body

Question 13

Anthropometric measurement

Answer 13

Measurement of the size and proportion of the human body and its various segments