PSY-3653 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Echocardiography, Electrocardiography, Cardiovascular Fitness
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Flexibility: ability to move muscles and bone structure around a joint; protects against injury; improves performance. Minimum 4x week of moderate intensity or 3 vigorous intensity. Resistance 3x week each major muscle group 2-4 sets; 8-12 repetitions per set. 10-30 seconds each 2-4 repetitions on warm muscles. Now rx limiting sedentary behavior, especially sitting. Don"t rx pedometers as sole measure of amount. Viscous cycle of least fit and athletic. Problems with acsm: only 8% men and 7% women meet requirements. Recognize individual differences in preference and body shape. Every 1 minute exercise= 2 minute life. Exercise decreases risk cvd and all cause mortality. Very high population burden due to prevalence. Those at risk need supervised exercise in cardiac rehab program. Less stress, anxiety and depression and more self esteem. Rare- 1 case per 1. 5 million sessions. Enzyme tests to look for muscle damage. Echocardiogram vies heart to examine damage myocardium or look for clots.
