KIN 3502 Chapter : Kinesiology 3502 Chapter 1 Notes Outline
15 Mar 2019
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Fun facts: college admission: test to get into college (act, sat, gpa, nfl combine: bench press; predict if someone will be in the nfl, at risk cvd: take blood pressure, temperature, take blood, stress test. To make informed decisions about the accuracy and truthfulness of measurements obtained and the decisions based on human performance measurements. Key terms: kinesmetrics: measurement and evaluation in kinesiology. Test: written, oral, physiological, psychological, or mechanical instrument or tool. Make sure it is valid and reliable: valid and reliable test, measurement: act of assessing, usually results in quantifying characteristics. Evaluation: statement of quality, goodness, merit, value, or worthiness. And make reliable statement about the evaluation: physical activity guidelines: 2008, adults should get 150 minutes of physical activity each week, 10,000 steps: get this many a day if you are an adult. Example: aerobic capacity (looking at how muscle can affectively push oxygen throughout our body) Maximal run treadmill: measure o2 and co2 input and output.
