Intro Flashcards
Fitness (CSEP):
a set of attributes that are either health related or performance related
Fitness (ACSM):
- a set of attributes or characteristics individuals have or achieve that relates to their ability to perform PA
- usually separated into health-related and skill-related components
Health related fitness:
attributes that are related to mortality or morbidity
Mortality:
related to the occurrence of death
Morbidity:
related to the occurrence of illness
Health (WHO):
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, not merely an absence of disease
Health (CSEP):
a combination of physical, social and psychological dimensions
According to CSEP, positive health is associated with….
- the capacity to enjoy life and to withstand challenge
- not merely the absence of disease
Performance/skill fitness may pertain to _____ or _____.
- sport
- occupations
4 purposes of fitness and health assessments:
- to indicate strengths and weaknesses
- provide info that can be compared to norms, acceptable standards, heath status, or competitive standing
- provide baseline data for an exercise/training prescription or intervention (rehab program)
- provide feedback for evaluating the effectiveness of a particular program/intervention
3 things fitness and health assessments will not do:
- Cannot completely predict (guarantee) success in an activity or sport
- Cannot completely predict (guarantee) the potential to improve achieve a particular status.
- Cannot completely predict (guarantee) health outcomes
3 things fitness and health assessments will do:
- provide objective measures of health and performance in relation to peer group
- identify odds or chance of success within a domain based on comparable data
- identify odds or chance of a particular health outcome based on known incidence, risk factors and comparable data
