EXS 101

Question 0

Sport and athletic competition

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Important to culture and society
All age groups can participate
-movement in structured and organized activities tht involves a competitive aspect

Question 1

Physical inactivity results in

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Early morbidity (relative incidence of a particular disease, or the disease tht actually causes death) and premature mortality (rate of death)

Question 2

Physical activity

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Activities of daily living including all movement tht humans perform (getting out of bed, cleaning)

Question 3

Exercise

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-structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness performance

Question 4

Exercise science

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Umbrella term tht involved physical activity, exercise, sports and athletic performance
-common characteristics include movement of the body and adaptions to movement

Question 5

Evolution of exercise science

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• early influences: Aristotle and Plato, interested in how body moves, Greek and Romans, art portrayed human body, importance of physical exercise, study of anatomy
• Renaissance: Leonardo Divinci, Galileo, analytical interest in body and physical activity, hygiene, William Harvey discovered circulation of blood through arteries and veins
• era of enlightenment: change in heart rate during physical activity, measuring blood pressure, cardiac output (how much blood is pumped by the heart)
• 19th century: experimentation in respiratory, promotion of individual body and health, sports and athletic competition in private schools and colleges, St John Sinclair wrote about how physical training improves performance in sports

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Recent influences

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• role of physical ed: used to b lumped together, but college and universities developed separate courses for EXS study
• Harvard Fatigue lab: studied environmental physiology, nutrition, physical fitness, etc. foundation of many theories, led to opening of new labs
• Krauss- Weber test results: US children scored significantly lower than european children on this physical exam, raised awareness of physical inactivity.

Question 7

Exercise physiology

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• physiological responses to physical activity, exercise, sport and athletic competition
• exercise health and sport performance

Question 8

Clinical exercise physiology

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-using movement in the prevention and rehabilitation of acute and chronic diseases

Question 9

Athletic training and sports medicine

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-prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of sport and athletic injuries

Question 10

Exercise and sport nutrition

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-nutritional aspects of disease prevention and improvement of sport and athletic performance

Question 11

Exercise and sport psychology

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Behavioral and mental aspects of exercise, sport, and athletic performance

Question 12

Motor behavior

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Control of body movement in healthy and diseased conditions and improvement of sport, and athletic performance

Question 13

Clinical and sport biomechanics

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Mechanical aspects of movement in diseases injury, sport, and athletic performance

Question 14

Role of ACSM in EXS

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• American College of Sports Medicine
• dvlpd as a unique blend of physical education, medicine, and physiology
• provided significant public outreach
• works to shape public policy
• disseminates scholarly research
• publishes books, journals, works with others, councils

Question 15

Academic prep in EXS

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• anatomy, physiology
• biological sciences
• chemistry and biochemistry
• human development
• psychology
• mathematics and statistics
• physics

Question 16

Types of research

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• basic
• applied
• quantitative
• qualitative

Question 17

Basic

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Directed towards increase in knowledge, not interested in practical application

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Applied

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Attempts to solve a practical problem

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Quantitative

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Numerical research/data
Typically obtained though direct testing
Controlled

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Qualitative

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Looking at quality
Extensive observation and research
Not a controlled environment

Question 21

Types of research either characterized by

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Descriptive

Experimental

Question 22

Descriptive

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Describes current state of problem, offers no explanation

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Experimental

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Manipulates variables, figure out why something happens
3types
Longitudinal 
Cross sectional
Sequential

Question 24

Longitudinal

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Most reliable. Problem with learning, familiarization with the test bcuz the same one is used over and over to the same people, over a long period of time

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Cross sectional

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Allows all data to be collected at one time

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Sequential

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Combines the two | Several diff samples over a long period of time