Kinesiology 1070A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Ventricular Remodeling

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1070A/B
• Professor: Andrew Rollo

Document Summary

Recall: modeling involves watching someone undergo an act, and then reproducing this act; must motivate individual (attention, retention, reproduction, motivation) Study: a modeling intervention in heart failure (rct) Chronic heart failure (chf) is a progressive disorder of left ventricular re-modeling resulting in impaired cardiac pump function (decreases exercise tolerance) Pa causes muscular, metabolic, endothelial improvements; often an important part of chf treatments (however adherence is poor; 26-50% drop out of treatment) Self efficacy is the most determinant factor for pa adherence (ability for one to have confidence that they can adhere to and successfully do an act); as a result those with greater self efficacy generally do better in treatment. Peak oxygen consumption (pvo2) is used as a stress test; hard to obtain accurate results (but is very important) Purpose was to find the effectiveness of a peer coping model intervention to increase pa tolerance and self efficacy during a stress test. Intervention (modeling dvd) and control (no dvd) groups.