Kinesiology 3337A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Physical Therapy, Pulmonary Edema, Headache

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3337A/B
• Professor: Glen Belfry

Document Summary

Physical activity encompasses all leisure and non-leisure body movement produced by the skeletal muscles, which result in an increase in energy expenditure over resting levels. Domestic - housework, yard work, physically-active child care. Transportation - includes walking, bicycling for the purposes of going somewhere, e. g. to work, to school, to run errands. Leisure-time, or discretionary time for hobbies, sports, and exercise (i. e. , planned, structured, and repetitive physical activity usually with the specific objective of improving physical fitness). A set of attributes or characteristics that people have (or achieve) that relates to their ability to perform physical activity. General fitness a state of health and well-being specific fitness a task-oriented definition based on the ability to perform specific aspects of a sport or physically demanding occupation. Components of fitness that exhibit a relationship with health status (i. e. , aerobic, musculoskeletal and functional fitness).