Exercise testing is used to determine the patients ability to perform the physical activity and exrcise prescription is decided by determining the results from tests
3. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
• TYPE
• IN VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, ACTIVE PLAY AND
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN EXERCISE
• VARIETY OF ACTIVITY THAT EXERCISE ALL MAJOR
MUSCLE GROUP
• SHOULD INCLUDE WEIGHT BEARING ACTIVITIES
• AEROBIC AND RESISTANCE TRAINING
• INTENSITY
• AEROBIC
• AT LEAST 30 MINUTES OF MODERATE INTENSITY IN
CHILDREN MORE THAN 6 YEARS OF AGE
4. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
• RESISTANCE TRAINING
• AVOID REPETITIVE USE OF MAXIMAL AMOUNTS OF
WEIGHT IN STRENGTH TRAINING PROGRAMS UNTIL
ADOLESCENCE
• WEIGHT LOADS THAT PERMIT EIGHT OR MORE
REPETITIONS PER SET
• HEAVY WEIGHTS CAN DAMAGE DEVELOPING SKELETAL
AND JOINT STRUCTURES
• RESISTANCE EXERCISE SHOULD NOT PERFORMED TO THE
POINT OF FATIGUE
• PROGRESS BY INCREASING THE REPETITION AND THEN
RESISTANCE
5. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
• DURATION
• RESISTANCE TRAINING
• 1 TO 2 SETS OF 8 TO 10 DIFFERENT EXERCISE
• 8 TO 12 REPETITIONS PER SET
• REST OF 1 TO 2 MINUTES BETWEEN EACH SET
• INTERSPERSE REST DAYS BETWEEN TRAINING DAYS
• FREQUENCY
• STRENGTH TRAINING TWICE PER WEEK
• OTHER FORMS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DAILY
7. EXERCISE TESTING
• MEDICAL CLEARANCE IS NECESSARY
• STANDARD PROTOCOL OR WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS
• FOR LOW WORK CAPACITIES INITIAL WORKLOAD IS LOW – 2
TO 3 METS AND INCREMENTS 0.5 TO 1 METS
• HAND RAIL FOR BALANCE PROBLEMS AND WEAK MUSCLES
• TREADMILL SPEED ADJUSTED TO WALKING ABILITY
• CYCLE ERGOMETER PREFERRED FOR ELDERLY WITH
BALANCE, GAIT, COORDINATION, VISION PROBLEMS AND
REDUCED MUSCLE STRENGTH
8. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
• AEROBIC
• MODE
• WALKING
• STATIONARY CYCLE
• AQUATIC EXERCISE
• INTENSITY
• STARTS AT LOW AND GRADUALLY PROGRESS
• MODERATE INTENSITY OF 40% TO 60% PEAK HEART
RATE
• DURATION
• ONE 30 MINUTES SESSION OR THREE 10 MINUTES
SESSIONS
9. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
• FREQUENCY
• DAILY IN CASE OF LOW AND MODERATE INTENSITY
• 3 TIMES/WEEK IN CASE HIGH INTENSITY
• RESISTANCE TRAINING
• INTENSITY
• AT LEAST 1 SET OF 8 TO 10 REPETITIONS OF ALL
MAJOR MUSCLE GROUPS
• 10 TO 15 REPETITIONS
• RATING OF 12 TO 13 BORG’S RPE SCALE
• PROGRESS BY INCREASING NUMBER OF REPETITIONS
FIRST AND THEN RESISTANCE
11. ABSOLUTE CONTRAINDICATIONS
TO AEROBIC EXERCISE DURING
PREGNANCY
• HAEMODYNAMICALLY SIGNIFICANT HEART DISEASE
• RESTRICTIVE LUNG DISEASE
• INCOMPETENT CERVIX
• MULTIPLE GESTATION AT RISK FOR PREMATURE LABOUR
• PERSISTENT SECOND OR THIRD TRIMESTER BLEEDING
• PLACENTA PRAEVIA AFTER 26 WEEKS GESTATION
• PREMATURE LABOUR DURING THE CURRENT PREGNANCY
• RUPTURED MEMBRANES
• PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION
12. RELATIVE CONTRAINDICATIONS
TO AEROBIC EXERCISE DURING
PREGNANCY
• SEVERE ANAEMIA
• UNEVALUATED MATERNAL CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
• CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
• POORLY CONTROLLED TYPE I DIABETES
• EXTREME MORBID OBESITY
• EXTREME UNDERWEIGHT (BODY MASS INDEX <12)
• HISTORY OF EXTREMELY SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE
13. RELATIVE
CONTRAINDICATIONS TO
AEROBIC EXERCISE DURING
PREGNANCY
• INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION IN CURRENT
PREGNANCY
• POORLY CONTROLLED HYPERTENSION/PRE-ECLAMPSIA
• ORTHOPAEDIC LIMITATIONS
• POORLY CONTROLLED SEIZURE DISORDER
• POORLY CONTROLLED THYROID DISEASE
• HEAVY SMOKER
14. WARNING SIGNS TO
TERMINATE EXERCISE WHILE
PREGNANT
• VAGINAL BLEEDING
• DYSPNOEA BEFORE EXERTION
• DIZZINESS
• HEADACHE
• CHEST PAIN
• MUSCLE WEAKNESS
• CALF PAIN OR SWELLING (NEED TO RULE OUT
THROMBOPHLEBITIS)
• PRETERM LABOUR
• DECREASED FETAL MOVEMENT
• AMNIOTIC FLUID LEAKAGE
15. MEDICAL SCREENING BEFORE
EXERCISE
• THE OVERALL HEALTH, OBSTETRIC, AND MEDICAL RISKS SHOULD
BE REVIEWED BEFORE A PREGNANT WOMAN IS PRESCRIBED AN
EXERCISE PROGRAMME
• IN THE ABSENCE OF CONTRAINDICATIONS, A PREGNANT WOMAN
SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO ENGAGE IN REGULAR, MODERATE
INTENSITY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
• WILL DERIVE THE SAME ASSOCIATED HEALTH BENEFITS DURING
PREGNANCY AS BEFORE PREGNANCY.
17. EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION
• INTENSITY
• MODERATE
• 3-4 MET’S
• 80-90% OF MHR IN PREVIOUSLY TRAINED WOMEN
• 60-70% OF MHR IN PREVIOUSLY UNTRAINED WOMEN
• RATING OF 12-14 (SOMEWHAT HARD) IN 6-20 BORG’S PRE
SCALE
• DURATION
• 30 MINUTES
• FREQUENCY
• DAILY