KNS 404 Exercise Physiology Lab
This course studies exercise physiology including metabolic calculations, physiologic and metabolic responses to acute and chronic exercise and exercise testing, basic ECG reading, understanding abnormal response to exercise and effects of common medications on exercise response. Students will gain experience in body composition and anthropometric assessments. Students will conduct aerobic, anaerobic, flexibility and strength fitness assessments with emphasis on data collection and analysis. Environmental conditions will also be discussed.
Offered
Fall
Student Learning Outcomes
- Gain experience in exercise testing - anaerobic bike testing, aerobic submax, field testing and max testing, body composition analysis, strength and flexibility testing, accurate blood pressure and heart rate monitoring at rest and with activity.
- Gain experience in ECG monitoring and reading ECG.
- Learn how to conduct a pre-participation health screening and when to refer client to physician.
- List contraindications for exercise testing and when to discontinue a test Understand the concepts of environmental conditions effect exercise (heat, cold, altitude).
- Assessment: Conduct submax and maximal treadmill stress tests Bruce Protocol, YMCA bike and other CV fitness assessment, Monitor heart rate and blood pressure at rest and during exercise testing Conduct Body Compostion Skinfold Analysis and anthropmetric measures Measure accurately height, weight, BMI, circumferences, Conduct a Wingate Anaerobic Fitness Test, assessments, Also measure clients: muscular strength / endurance, and flexibility, Conduct a resting ECG test.