Health Assessment Flashcards
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Which anthropometric measurement best predicts visceral fat accumulation and associated metabolic risk?
Answer: Waist circumference
Waist circumference is the single best anthropometric predictor of visceral adiposity and associated cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk.
During a health interview, a client mentions she takes a beta-blocker medication. How will this most likely affect her exercise heart rate response?
Answer: Heart rate will be blunted during exercise
Beta-blockers inhibit sympathetic stimulation of the heart, attenuating the heart rate rise during exercise and making HR-based intensity monitoring less accurate.
What does a positive Trendelenburg sign during a functional movement screen indicate?
Answer: Weakness of the hip abductors on the weight-bearing side
A positive Trendelenburg sign (pelvis drops on the non-weight-bearing side) indicates weakness of the hip abductors, primarily the gluteus medius, on the stance limb.
During orthostatic blood pressure assessment, a clinically significant drop is defined as a decrease in systolic BP of at least how many mmHg upon standing?
Answer: 20 mmHg
Orthostatic hypotension is defined as a drop of ≥20 mmHg systolic (or ≥10 mmHg diastolic) within 3 minutes of standing from a supine position.
Which spirometry value is used to determine obstructive vs. restrictive pulmonary disease and is expressed as a ratio?
Answer: FEV1/FVC ratio
The FEV1/FVC ratio distinguishes obstructive disease (ratio <0.70) from restrictive disease (low FVC but normal or elevated ratio).
A health fitness specialist calculates a client's estimated VO2max at 35 mL/kg/min. What classification does this fall under for a 45-year-old male according to ACSM norms?
Answer: Good
For a 45–49 year-old male, a VO2max of 35 mL/kg/min falls in the 'Good' category according to ACSM fitness classification norms.
Which health assessment tool uses self-reported leisure-time physical activity to estimate cardiovascular fitness without exercise testing?
Answer: Non-exercise test prediction equation
Non-exercise test prediction equations use demographic data and self-reported physical activity levels to estimate VO2max without requiring a formal exercise test.